"Both teams should have been disqualified and the championship of the debate given to the last competitors who took the forum seriously."
As referenced elsewhere in this comments section, my alma mater Towson University won the 2015 National Collegiate Debate Championship. Again, I won't link to their performance or the reporting on the matter at the time but their "win" means we'll have to go back at least a decade to find competitors who took the forum seriously.
I'm no Trump fan...but for me fascism usually means you can't call him a fascist and get away with it. Also genocide and concentration camps. The closest we got to that was "kids in cages" which was more like a "catch and release" form of fascism i guess.
Both teams should have been disqualified and the championship of the debate given to the last competitors who took the forum seriously.
"Both teams should have been disqualified and the championship of the debate given to the last competitors who took the forum seriously."
As referenced elsewhere in this comments section, my alma mater Towson University won the 2015 National Collegiate Debate Championship. Again, I won't link to their performance or the reporting on the matter at the time but their "win" means we'll have to go back at least a decade to find competitors who took the forum seriously.
Imagine what the debates were like "post Trump."
Question: "Is Trump a fascist or just stupid?"
Team A: Yes!
Team B: Hell Yes!
Judge: Okay. We'll call it a draw.
I'm no Trump fan...but for me fascism usually means you can't call him a fascist and get away with it. Also genocide and concentration camps. The closest we got to that was "kids in cages" which was more like a "catch and release" form of fascism i guess.
"Catch and Release Fascism" has a nice ring to it.