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Topic
#1748
The Iran/US Conflict Proves How Unpatriotic White Americans & Immgrants Truly Are
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The debate is finished. The distribution of the voting points and the winner are presented below.
Winner & statistics
After 3 votes and with 14 points ahead, the winner is...
Zaradi
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- 3
- Time for argument
- Two days
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- 8,000
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- Two weeks
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Description
With the growing tensions between Iran & The US, the draft became a hot topic. The data shows that white Americans were Not willing to fight for America if need be. This perfectly proves the hypocrisy, lies and cowardice of these people. Immigrants of America were also saying that they would leave The US & relocate back in their homelands if the draft was implemented.
These are the very people who stated that Colin Kaepernick was being unpatriotic for simply kneeling at a football game...Let's see who takes the challenge of trying to prove that white American & immigrants aren't the biggest hypocritical cowards in the US.....The ball is now in your court.
Round 1
My stance on this situation is mentioned above. White Americans & immigrants who live here in the US have shown everyone of how cowardly and unpatriotic they really are. As soon as any mentions of the draft were going public, these groups of people went running for the hills. From social media posts to literally crashing the US Selective Service website, white Americans were not willing to fight at all.
At the same time, these are the very people who said that Colin Kaepernick was unpatriotic for kneeling during the national anthem. Hmmmm.
Nope, you immigrants from foreign countries won't get let off the hook this time. When push comes to shove, you were all on social media saying that you would leave the US if the draft was implemented. You basically exposed your own hand, which is why you shouldn't be here in the first place. You basically want the benefits of living here, but you refuse to put in any real work...
So, the next time a black athlete doesn't stand for the national anthem, you don't have the luxury of complaining.
So there was a lot of stuff to unpack in that last round, but I think there's a few things to settle first from a debate standpoint before we dive into the meat of this.
O1: Not sure how an American football player factors into the tensions between the US and Iran, but the resolution itself seems pretty centered around the concept of patriotism as an ideal, but we're given no way to define if people are being patriotic or not. I propose we use the definition from the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, which is "love of one’s country, identification with it, and special concern for its well-being and that of compatriots"[1]. Prefer this definition since it encompasses the common use definition as well as provides criteria to determine if an act is patriotic or not.
Therefore, it's my opponent's burden to show how opposition to the draft in relation to the US/Iran conflict is unpatriotic. The majority of my argumentation will be that there's no conflict between patriotism and opposing a draft, so I await further clarification as to what specifically my opponent takes issue with, though I'll make arguments of my own as well.
C1: Deja Vu
This situation seems similar to what happened during the Vietnam War involving opposition to the draft that was enacted during that war. The public was opposed to being involved in the Vietnam War, and opposed the draft that would force them to go fight a war they didn't want to fight. The same thought can apply here.
To clarify, though, this most certainly is not a war the majority of Americans want. 53% of Americans disapprove of Trump's handling of Iran, with 39% "strongly disapproving"[2]. Additionally, a poll conducted by the University of Maryland concluded that "Three-quarters of Americans, including a majority of Republicans, say that war with Iran would be unwarranted"[3].
This is a direct tie to patriotism's concern for well-being, as well. A majority of Americans agree that the US's handling of Iran has made America less safe and more prone to terrorism[4]. Opposing the draft to a war that a majority of people don't want and that a majority of Americans believe would make us less safe, thusly, seems to be the patriotic thing to do.
C2: Love/Hate Heartbreak
My opponent's argument seems to rest on an assumption that if you don't support a country's actions, then you can't be considered patriotic. After all, it's my opponent's claim that those who are opposing the draft are unpatriotic, among other claims.
However there seems to be a missing step between disagreeing and not caring that doesn't make sense. I can disagree with the actions of someone or something and still deeply care about that person or thing's well-being. I don't always agree with everything my parents do, but to say that means I don't care about my parents doesn't really make sense. So to say that those who disagree with a draft don't care about the US's wellbeing, or can't be considered patriotic, doesn't seem to make sense.
Sources:
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Round 2
Thanks for accepting.
My opponent started out by saying that there's a lot of stuff to unpack, which is quite untrue. Being patriotic/unpatriotic is about as simple as it gets.
My opponent says "Not sure how an American football player factors into the tensions between the US and Iran." My reply: I'll ask one simple question. Wasn't it white Americans who were beating the drum that he was unpatriotic for kneeling?
As you can see, both situations falls under patriotism or lack thereof.
My opponent, Con, goes on to say "I propose we use the definition from the Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy, which is "love of one’s country, identification with it, and special concern for its well-being and that of compatriots"[1]. Prefer this definition since it encompasses the common use definition as well as provides criteria to determine if an act is patriotic or not."
My reply: If a military draft takes place for the US, you get chosen to serve but you refuse to go to war...is that considered "love for one's country?" The definition of the word compatriot is a fellow citizen or national of a country, fellow countryman fellow country woman...So, when someone refuses to help his/her fellow countryman in terms of war...would he/she be considered a compatriot?...Better yet; wouldn't that be considered unpatriotic?
Con goes on to say "The majority of my argumentation will be that there's no conflict between patriotism and opposing a draft."..."My opponent is basically shooting himself in the foot by quoting definitions that contradicts his very own argument.
Con brings up the Vietnam War but it doesn't help his argument at all. An estimated 850,000 men were drafted (even though they didn't want to). Unlike today, it was white Americans who crashed the US Selective Service website in trying to get their names removed if a draft was implemented...I'll ask again; Is that considered patriotic or unpatriotic?...….To further support my case; didn't President Trump dodge the draft on multiple occasions?......But this is the same guy who said that anyone who kneels for the national anthem is (unpatriotic). Hmmmmm
Not to be smug, but I'm pretty sure that we all can see the hypocrisy & contradictions. Unfortunately, pride won't allow most of you to agree because that's being "Off-Code."
My opponent says "To clarify, though, this most certainly is not a war the majority of Americans want."...Ok, so when did the majority of Americans ever support a war? Con says "53% of Americans disapprove of Trump's handling of Iran, with 39% "strongly disapproving."...OK, but didn't more than 53% of white Americans get Trump elected?...My opponent say "Three-quarters of Americans, including a majority of Republicans, say that war with Iran would be unwarranted."...OK, so was the Vietnam War unwarranted? What about the 2nd Gulf War in which No weapons of mass destructions were found?...Is that Warranted?
In conclusion, the rest of my opponents arguments are excuses for being unpatriotic. He says that I'm making assumptions but it wasn't black people who crashed the US Selective Service website in regards to dodging a potential draft.
I'll start by answering Pro's questions before moving onto the debate proper.
Pro asks
Wasn't it white Americans who were beating the drum that he was unpatriotic for kneeling?
Fuck if I know. I don't pay attention to sportsball lol. Why is this relevant to a debate concerning a potential draft again?
Pro also says
you get chosen to serve but you refuse to go to war...is that considered "love for one's country?
This seems to make the assumption that the only way to love one's country is to be a soldier. I'm not sure why this is true.
Moreover, cross-apply the analysis I give from last round that you can still love something while disagreeing with it. Just like I can disagree with decisions my mom makes while still loving her, I can disagree with decisions the USFG makes while still loving the ol' US of A.
Pro claims
it was white Americans who crashed the US Selective Service website in trying to get their names removed if a draft was implemented.
A'ight. I'm gonna need a source for how specifically white Americans crashed the selective service website. None of the reports I can find on Google mention any racial identifiers as to who "crashed" the website, nor can I think of any way for them to get that kind of identifying information from internet traffic.
Pro then asks if the website crashing is considered patriotic or unpatriotic. The answer is neither of those is correct, but rather it's a server issue. Not sure how computer data can be patriotic or not.
Almost done with the Q&A. Pro asks
didn't President Trump dodge the draft on multiple occasions?
I mean, that sounds like something he'd do, lol. Not sure how this is responsive to my argument, though. I'm arguing that you can disagree with the decisions a country's government makes while still loving said country.
Pro asks
Ok, so when did the majority of Americans ever support a war?
I don't have the stats in front of me, nor do I care to go look for them, but I wager wars like WW2 were pretty heavily supported by the public.
But more importantly, doesn't this support my argument that you can disagree with a country's government's decisions (i.e. going to war) while still loving the country in question? I'm not sure how this shows that not supporting a draft is unpatriotic.
Pro asks
OK, but didn't more than 53% of white Americans get Trump elected
First, I'm not sure why the "white" qualifier is necessary here.
Second, how does the percent of white Trump voters relate to whether or not opposing a draft makes you necessarily unpatriotic?
Pro's last question is
OK, so was the Vietnam War unwarranted? What about the 2nd Gulf War in which No weapons of mass destructions were found?...Is that Warranted?
First, I don't see why I have to personally take a stance on these issues.
Second, I don't see how this is relevant to the debate. My argument is that the majority of Americans, regardless of ethnicity, don't want to go to war with Iran, so opposing a draft doesn't seem to contradict the tenants of patriotism. How is asking about the second gulf war relevant?
As a final statement before I move on to the rest of the debate, I'm not sure what my opponent is trying to prove through their arguments. They seem to have a history of really racially charged debate topics and arguments, so I suppose I shouldn't be too surprised by how this debate is turning out. But if they just want to rant and rave about how terrible white people are, there are a lot of better methods and mediums to use to do so than a debate.
So let's go back to the actual debate round at hand, shall we?
CON'S CASE
Extend O1. Patriotism is defined as "love of one’s country, identification with it, and special concern for its well-being and that of compatriots". Pro doesn't disagree with this definition, so the debate boils down to whether or not disagreeing with a military draft can meet these criteria, specifically the 'concern for its well-being and that of compatriots' clause. Pro hasn't actually made any arguments for how opposing a draft fails to meet this definition, but has just assumed it to be true. Insofar as they have been spending all of their time just attacking my arguments rather than trying to uphold their burden, there's no reason to believe that opposing a draft is necessarily unpatriotic.
Then, extend C1. The majority of Americans don't support a draft in relation to the US/Iran conflict, so supporting it makes you not a compatriot to the rest of the public. Moreover, the vast majority of American's believe that the US's handling of Iran has made things less safe, so opposing a draft meets the "concern for well-being" criteria in the definition. This never really gets attacked by Pro, so it's a clean extension across. I'm showing how opposing a draft is patriotic, which means that, by logical necessity, opposing a draft can't be unpatriotic.
Then, extend C2. To make the argument that 'not agreeing with a country's actions means that you must not love the country' makes an assumption that isn't logically warranted. I can disagree with someone's actions while still loving that person. Same thing applies to a country.
Pro makes one response to this:
the rest of my opponents arguments are excuses for being unpatriotic. He says that I'm making assumptions but it wasn't black people who crashed the US Selective Service website in regards to dodging a potential draft.
The bolding is my own emphasis.
First, the bolded part of the text shows just where my opponent is making the faulty assumption I'm accusing them of.
Second, this doesn't actually respond to my argument, but rather just declares that its wrong without any explanation as to why.
C2 shows that you can disagree with a country's actions, i.e. oppose a draft, while still loving the country, which meets the "love of one's country" criteria.
Round 3
In Conclusion,
I want to thank my opponent for accepting this debate, but his retorts can not justify the unpatriotic behavior that's taking place. His comparisons falls short because they're nothing more than a false equivalency. He structures his arguments very well, but it's merely a bunch of filibuster at the most.
Con continues to state that I'm making assumptions, which is far from the truth. It's not like I'm the only person who's speaking on this particular issue. There have been news reports that specifically speaks on the unpatriotic behavior of white Americans, which can be found on every major new channel. In addition to that, YouTube vloggers of all races have dozens of videos speaking on the unpatriotic behavior of both white Americans & immigrants.
I'll state the obvious just one more time...If your country initiates a draft to strengthen its military support and you refuse to fight for your own country, then that's the very definition of the word unpatriotic. There's no way to get around it and there's no answer that can justify the cowardice behavior, especially if you come from a group of people who thrives off violence. You fully support having gun rights, but when it's time to put in real work...you choose to run away.
As for the Asian & Hispanic immigrants who benefit from living in someone else's country, you can't expect anyone to come and save you when deportation is knocking at your door. Yes, I'm calling you out as well because you're just as cowardly. You showed your true colors by specifically saying that you'll relocate back to your homeland if a draft is instituted. Yes, Trump has deported illegal and legal immigrants so you're sob stories will definitely fall on deaf ears from now on.
As I stated before, Colin Kaepernick was labelled unpatriotic by the very people who crashed the US Selective Service website in hopes of getting their names removed to keep from serving their country, which is the epitome of being unpatriotic.
mic drop...….
I'll just respond to my opponent's last round and then wrap up.
My opponent seems to be a fan of asserting things without wanting to actually explain their truth or warrant them with evidence. There's a lot of statements last round that were made that lack necessary empirical or logical support. Such statements include:
His comparisons [are] ... nothing more than a false equivalency.
While not explaining how or why this is true.
It's not like I'm the only person who's speaking on this particular issue. There have been news reports that specifically speaks on the unpatriotic behavior of white Americans, which can be found on every major new channel. In addition to that, YouTube vloggers of all races have dozens of videos speaking on the unpatriotic behavior of both white Americans & immigrants.
Without providing a single link or video. And finally:
If your country initiates a draft to strengthen its military support and you refuse to fight for your own country, then that's the very definition of the word unpatriotic
Without any explanation as to why. Keep in mind that this statement that is being asserted to be true is literally our debate topic here, so some sort of logical defense or support is expected, yet absent.
If this were a forum thread, there would be nothing inherently wrong with the conduct and behavior shown. But within the realm of a debate, there's a certain expected threshold of evidence and reasoning expected to support an argument so that two sides have something to, y'know, debate over. That evidence is completely nonexistent within my opponent's case. At best, voters should view pro's argument extremely skeptically. At worst, it's a reason to vote Con. Onto the debate proper.
CON'S CASE:
Extend O1 and my definition of patriotism. It's the only provided definition in the round, it wasnt ever attacked throughout the entire debate, and it provides clear criteria to determine if an action is patriotic or not. So whoever bets meets this definition is who should win the debate. I'm the only one who's even attempted to meet these criteria.
Extend C1. America doesn't want a war with Iran and feels our handling of the situation has made America less safe. Opposing a draft, therefore, is most concerned with the well-being of American people than supporting it is. This contention was dropped through the entire debate.
Finally, extend C2. There's a missing gap in logical reasoning in the pro position because you can love someone and disagree with something they do without there being any contradiction. So you can oppose a national draft while still loving the nation itself. This contention was dropped through the entire debate.
To conclude, I'm the only one meeting the definition of patriotism, not to mention the only one trying.
i dont appreciate you insulting my kind
Man, that was a close one! How did you manage?
Because I read your debates and they are never substantive. I would not like to waste more time on you. If I was able to fit a debate in, I would like it to be worthwhile and thought-provoking, not responding to your incoherent rant about "white people bad".
My comments always seem to vanish for no reason.
I proposed a debate about this topic to go in-depth but you refuse to step in the ring because you're terrified to face me 1 on 1.
Why won't u simply create the debate an invite me to it?
The ball is in your court.
Why did you delete your last message?
Also, this has nothing to do with who is indigenous to a region. It has a lot to do with who makes up the majority of the population and determining relative uses of things.
There really is nothing left to debate. You are wrong and seem incapable of grasping that. I won't waste any more time on you.
Another false equivalency...Chinese people are indigenous to China...whites are indigenous to Europe.
You've already admitted that whites get the most welfare. There's nothing left to debate.
Cage match more like it lol
Woah your like a reverse white nationalist.
Couldn’t answer a simple question. Figures....
Raw numbers are meaningless for this comparison lol. It is like saying that more Chinese people commit crimes in China than white people do, so therefore Chinese people baaad.
Lol...Bless his heart... He's giving it all he's got & is failing miserably.
Holy shit you two, just get a room already.
You're doing the right thing by standing down & you've already admitted to whites getting the most welfare.
Don't step in the ring if you don't want to get knocked out...…….. Peace!
Lol, tell me, which group is more dependent on welfare? The group that is 40% dependent or 13%?
Go on, you can do it. Which group would have 40% of its members starving on the street and having no health insurance without the group you vilify?
I'lL wAiT.!.!.!.!
Lol. Stop Da Madness...Your very own lips just testified against you.
Whites are the biggest welfare case in history & history proves it.
If you feel so confident in who's given & taken, then why don't u simply create a debate about this topic.
Nahhhh, u don't have enough heart to step in the ring.
I still stand by that..... If one group uses something more than 3 times more often per capita than the other group, I would say that group is a bigger financial problem, unless they paid more into it. That is by far not the case.
One group is a net contributor, while the other is a net taker. That is my point....
I hope you're not dropping a mic to that lol.
If you can follow a coherent thought process and understand how foolish you sounded, then I look forward to your response. If not, I will gladly embarrass you again.
A few days ago U said, "I'm showing you who has a serious addiction to the public welfare system. 13.2% vs 41.6% please tell me which has the bigger issues."
Today u said, "Yes we pay more and receive more raw amounts of welfare because of a larger population."
mic drop.....
Who's trash talking. I'm simply stating facts.
You really gotta step up your trash talk game. You'll need better than "neener neener" to bother me. If my arguments are that god-awful, why didn't you ever respond to them? Surely it couldn't have been that difficult.
Yes we pay more and receive more raw amount because of a larger population. Glad we can agree.
I’m saying that per capita, we pay a lot and receive relatively little. Do we agree there as well?
Whites pay more taxes because your population is larger which is why whites receive the most welfare.
You're just digging a bigger hole for your lack of argument & lack of education.
Lol. U don't care because u can't come up with a solid argument.
Of course. It almost certainly wasn't the fact I made the comment at 3am and I just dont care enough about this debate to write a round that late. But cute attempt at trash talk, btw.
I mean, if you want to play the raw numbers game, I could show how white people pay most of the taxes for said welfare programs. If anyone, they would deserve to use them, even those they have the lowest usage rates. They pay more per capita and raw numbers.
Your Newport and malt liquor taxes don’t really add up....
Lol...Don't you have one more argument to make in our little debate? Guess you're trying to come up with a good enough response to make sense out of the nonsense that you've been speaking.
Oh honey, I have a lot of better things to do with my day than give a shit about Selective Service. But I will happily take that pot of gold off your hands, my credit card bill is coming up.
Black welfare recipients vs White welfare recipients
Black est. population 14% vs White est. population 60+%
No matter how hard you try to twist & reconfigure the numerical figures...It simply won't add up.
Class Dismissed
Maybe if I was still in 7th grade, maybe. It did get a solid giggle out of me, though.
Yeah, man. He just got a mic drop on you. No coming back from that one. Might as well leave the site and smash your computer to save your dignity.
Shit, if that's the case then how can I win? Might as well concede now lol.
Yeah, I forgot that everything that disagrees with him (almost everything) is just a load of lies pushed by white supremacist Illuminati goons. Oops.
The only authentic statistics are ones that agree with his ideology. Nice try
You caught me. I will find better statistics than the Census Bureau, Pew Research, and Statista can provide next time lol.
I simply take your trolling as a badge of honor because it lets me know that I'm definitely doing my job. lol
Try bringing some authentic statistics to the table next time...ok?
"And Nike deals."
A'ight. That one was good.
Thanks lol
That is kind of his shtick on this website. Don't mind him.
I don't care who you were talking about, I'm showing you who has a serious addiction to the public welfare system. 13.2% vs 41.6% please tell me which has the bigger issues
;)
Holy racial hatred Batman.
WTH are you talking about?
https://shakaama.blogspot.com/2009/12/there-are-more-white-people-on-welfare.html...In other words, being 14% of the population, there are more whites on welfare then there are black people in the US.
You're so butthurt for being a coward that you don't even realize that I was speaking about Asian & Hispanic immigrants who said that they would return back to their homeland...Get your facts straight buddie.
It's always about race because this is the system that you built and benefit from.
I agree lmao
"And Nike deals."
A'ight. That one was good.
They both have two opposing sides. Lots of kneeling, national anthems, and Nike deals. Basically the same thing
American football should not be compared to a fucking war
Yeah, that was my bad. I didn't supply that part of it.
Okay, I didn't take what percentage of whites were military age. Good point
This shows the share of servicemen by race.
https://www.statista.com/statistics/214869/share-of-active-duty-enlisted-women-and-men-in-the-us-military/
The maximum age of active duty military is 35 (at least for joining)
If you consider how many military-aged people are white, they are overrepresented.
https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/07/30/most-common-age-among-us-racial-ethnic-groups/
Your source would indicate a disproportionate number of service members are non white, even if the majority are considered white.
"You basically want the benefits of living here, but you refuse to put in any real work..."
At 41.6 percent, blacks were more likely to participate in government assistance programs in an average month.
o The black participation rate was followed by Hispanics at 36.4 percent, Asians or Pacific
Islanders at 17.8 percent, and non-Hispanic whites at 13.2 percent.
https://www.census.gov/newsroom/press-releases/2015/cb15-97.html
Oof, yeah, white people really expect benefits without putting in work.
Also, white people are the majority of military members.
https://www.cfr.org/article/demographics-us-military
Guess we have to fight and pay for all of the freedoms and free stuff you enjoy.
For once, I'll agree with you that it is disgraceful and unpatriotic that many Americans have responded by being sympathetic to terrorism. At the same time, I don't think this is really relating to race.