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Topic
#1090

America Needs To Pay Reparations To The Descendants of Slavery

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The debate is finished. The distribution of the voting points and the winner are presented below.

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After 3 votes and with 13 points ahead, the winner is...

TheAtheist
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Description

Let's talk reparations. It's plain and simple, American needs to cut the check to the descendants of slavery to write the wrongs of the past. Even though today's reparations hearing was bogus, it has shined new light on the topic at hand. America has paid reparations to every other group that it has had conflict with, but for some reason, this country does not want to repair the people who built this country. If you don't agree, then you are simply racist. Anyone is welcome to take this challenge, but you must bring facts and a logical argument or I won't take you serious.

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@mairj23

And your short description of this debate is literally "America is the home of the thieves and land of the snake"?? Really?

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@Barney

I can see where you're coming from when you say logical fallacies.

On the other hand, trying to argue against "Documented Facts" that proves immoral acts shows a lack of character.

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@Dr.Franklin

So what makes this statement racist? Do whites commit (Murder, theft, ponzi schemes, larceny, sexual abuse, pedophilia, hate crimes, perjury etc), more than any other race? Yes

You'd have to be mentally disturbed to a degree if you consistently commit the same crimes over and over and over...

If there isn't a mental imbalance that makes your people act so evil then what's causing it? I'm basically asking questions.

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@mairj23

Actually YOU are racist,

"Murder, theft, ponzi schemes, larceny, sexual abuse, pedophilia, hate crimes, perjury etc...equals the white male. "

" Trying to understand these people(whites) is beyond comprehension because the majority of them(whites) are mentally disturbed to a degree. Is there some kind of mental imbalance that makes white males so evil or is it sheer stupidity of their intelligence...or lack thereof?"

"If you don't agree, then you are simply racist."

HAH, easy win for RM

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@mairj23

Attacking someone's character if they disagree with you, just creates the fact that you've used the most well known logical fallacy; it does not prove that by disagreeing with you they're Literally Hitler or anything else (this is an example of hyperbole, to clarify the problem with your words).

If you're going to keep debating, I highly suggest familiarizing yourself with the most common logical fallacies. When caught committing them, you undermine your own claims (voters are not immune to the fallacy fallacy). For Ad Hominems: https://yourlogicalfallacyis.com/ad-hominem that website features 23 more, with fast and easy to understand explanations.

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@mairj23

"If you don't agree, you are simply racist."

It's not good to start your debate with ad hominems. You can't use "You are racist" as an argument.

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@Barney

I wouldn't say it's an attack. Simply stating facts.

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@zedvictor4

I'm well-versed in a range of topics. Nothing more, nothing less.

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@Swagnarok

Yes, America needs to cut the check.

"Let's talk reparations. It's plain and simple, American needs to cut the check to the descendants of slavery to write the wrongs of the past."

Should this be interpreted as the specific position you'll be arguing for? If so, I might be interested. Send me a challenge if nobody else accepts soon.

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@mairj23

When did the burden of guilt shift from Europe to the U.S.A?

>"If you don't agree, then you are simply racist."
Ad Hominem attacks in the description are never a good way to start a debate.