Instigator / Pro
25
1432
rating
8
debates
12.5%
won
Topic
#902

Have both political parties become too extreme?

Status
Finished

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

Winner & statistics
Better arguments
9
36
Better sources
8
24
Better legibility
5
12
Better conduct
3
12

After 12 votes and with 59 points ahead, the winner is...

Sparrow
Parameters
Publication date
Last updated date
Type
Standard
Number of rounds
4
Time for argument
Three days
Max argument characters
30,000
Voting period
Six months
Point system
Multiple criterions
Voting system
Open
Contender / Con
84
1495
rating
47
debates
48.94%
won
Description

Debate me.

Round 1
Pro
#1
Let's begin. I will start with liberals, then I will critique conservative, okay? most liberals tend to be anti-Christian, anti-free speech, anti-Israel, and antichoice about gun ownership. Conservatives: Feed it once it's born, or don't call yourself prolife, stop torturing people, stop the illegal wars, and don't criminalize drug addiction. Please address my points.
Con
#2
most liberals tend to be anti-Christian
That is an unsubstantiated generalization.

anti-free speech
That is an unsubstantiated generalization.

anti-Israel
That is an unsubstantiated generalization. Also why is that necessarily bad?

antichoice about gun ownership
What does that even mean? There are liberals who want to ban all guns and liberals who agree with conservatives on that particular issue, and everything in between.

Feed it once it's born, or don't call yourself prolife
I wasn't aware that starving babies was a common practice among conservatives.

stop torturing people
torturing who, and in what ways? Do you see the problem with making these huge, sweeping generalizations about what the majority of people support within a certain ideology? There are those that take it too far and those who don't, how do you determine when the party or ideology itself is becoming too extreme?

stop the illegal wars
Which ones?

don't criminalize drug addiction.
You don't think making it illegal to possess certain substances will help curtail their abuse?
Round 2
Pro
#3
Forfeited
Con
#4
There is no basis for the assertion that both parties have become too extreme because people with varying views and degrees of extremity exist within each party.
Round 3
Pro
#5
Forfeited
Con
#6
Extend
Round 4
Pro
#7
Forfeited
Con
#8
Forfeited