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@fauxlaw
@Bringerofrain
Chopsticks are useful for all sorts of things.
But picking up food isn't one of them.
And there's a lot to be said for gender neutral.
I am fighting hard to embrace the middle path
If people never hear extremist arguments, they will never be able to be persuaded to be extremists.
I love this quote, but I disagree. I’d rather gain that experience so I can beat the stupid people rather than running away from them.
The problem with banning these as topics is it doesn't account for kritikal arguments in a meaningful way. For example, as a proud Native American, if I wanted a topic around the critical literature of settler colonialism (obviously not reading a kritik against a normal resolution, but creating a critical resolution), using a topic like "Resolved: On balance, kill the Indian, save the man is a good idea", or "Resolved: The white man must take what is rightfully his from inferior natives". These ideas, while seeming to support the idea of white supremacism, would actually allow for an easy platform for me to critically reject a resolution. I'm a bit new to this platform, so I don't know how often kritikal debate happens, but banning things on the perceived resolution would kill any chance for kritikal debate.