Instigator / Pro
0
1395
rating
22
debates
20.45%
won
Topic
#1704

There Is No Evidence to Impeach Trump

Status
Finished

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

Winner & statistics
Winner
0
14

After 14 votes and with 14 points ahead, the winner is...

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Parameters
Publication date
Last updated date
Type
Standard
Number of rounds
5
Time for argument
Three days
Max argument characters
10,000
Voting period
Two weeks
Point system
Winner selection
Voting system
Open
Contender / Con
14
1593
rating
9
debates
77.78%
won
Description

I will forfeit the first round so that Con can tell us why Trump should be impeached.

Criterion
Pro
Tie
Con
Points
Winner
1 point(s)
Reason:

Pro Forfeited. Bad Conduct. Con wins.

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Pro
Tie
Con
Points
Winner
1 point(s)
Reason:

Pro ff the majority of the rounds, that's poor conduct!

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Pro
Tie
Con
Points
Winner
1 point(s)
Reason:

From the description, apparently the pro wasn't expecting this development.

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Pro
Tie
Con
Points
Winner
1 point(s)
Reason:

Forfeit too much

Criterion
Pro
Tie
Con
Points
Winner
1 point(s)
Reason:

Pretty clear definitional debate.

Highlight's from pro, are obviously the syllogism:
"P1. If I provide evidence suggesting Trump should be impeached, I win the debate
P2. I’ve done so
P3. I should win the debate."

Going to briefly review pro's case...
He did exactly what con predicted in R1. I don’t see how pro thinks his definition would change anything. Trying to determine the truth, evidence is considered... does he want us to dive down a rabbit hole of bad definitions to think that evidence is not facts onto itself but rather a living room sofa we sit on while considering facts? Anyway, even he agrees the phone call happened, it's been leveraged as evidence in the case; if it's good evidence or not, is irreverent.

Additionally, pro only offered a single round, then forfeited the rest.

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Tie
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Winner
1 point(s)
Reason:

forfeited yeah

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Tie
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Points
Winner
1 point(s)
Reason:

Nearly full forfeit, certainly enough to justify a vote.

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Pro
Tie
Con
Points
Winner
1 point(s)
Reason:

Forfeited.

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Pro
Tie
Con
Points
Winner
1 point(s)
Reason:

Excessive forfeiting.

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Pro
Tie
Con
Points
Winner
1 point(s)
Reason:

FORFEIT HOW UNFORTUNATE

Criterion
Pro
Tie
Con
Points
Winner
1 point(s)
Reason:

Pro forfeited over half the rounds.

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Pro
Tie
Con
Points
Winner
1 point(s)
Reason:

free vote real estate

Criterion
Pro
Tie
Con
Points
Winner
1 point(s)
Reason:

As the Pro side forfeited more than half of the rounds, I grant Con the victory.

Criterion
Pro
Tie
Con
Points
Winner
1 point(s)
Reason:

Effectivly a full forfeit