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.

8
Criterion Pro Tie Con Points
Better arguments ✗ ✗ ✔ 3 points
Better sources ✗ ✗ ✔ 2 points
Better spelling and grammar ✗ ✗ ✔ 1 point
Better conduct ✗ ✗ ✔ 1 point
Reason: Pro forfeited all but first round, never even got around to dissing conservatives. As PF8 would say, "That's poor conduct!"

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@TheAtheist

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Vote Reported: TheAtheist // Mod Action: Not Removed

Reason for mod action: Full forfeit debates are not moderated unless the voter voted for the forfeiting side, per the site voting policy guidelines. No moderation action is appropriate on this vote.

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@Pinkfreud08

You sure that type1 and sparrow are the same person? If the mods who have access to IP codes deny it, then I have to side with those who have the information.

Wow type1 actually made a pretty decent argument.

Never thought I'd see the day...

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@Sparrow

I'm sure you won't use it but I felt this was an interesting video on this topic specifically. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6grXCooL3-M

I'm not generally a fan of Tim Pool due to his repetitive videos and titles but the graphs displayed in this one are quite interesting. The republicans have shifted slightly while the democrats have swung WAY further to the left.

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@YeshuaRedeemed

To address the right wing points, a kid should be dependent on their parents, not the government. If the parents don't want the kids, they can set the kid up for adoption, where in the long term, it would be adopted by a family that has the ability to take care of the child without welfare. To the best of my knowledge, conservatives don't torture people. The wars that the US fights in the middle east are to keep ISIS at bay. I support legalizing weed.

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@Sparrow

The far left has the young turks and buzzfeed. All the alt right has is Steve Bannon and Richard Spencer and they're not influential.

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@Alec

The right has, I'm not sure about the left.

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@YeshuaRedeemed

The left has. I'm not sure about the right.