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"Debate" American Style: Our Top Orators in Action

Peter Schiff · 926.3K views · 2014-05-04 · 5:01

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A short clip from the 2014 college debate championship, posted by a commentator who criticizes the winning performance as not being a real debate. It shows a fast, unconventional style of competitive debate.

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Used as a cited example in threads criticizing the direction of competitive school and college debate.

Discussed on HN; no positive recommendation is recorded in this export · HN mentions 2017–2023

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livinginfear · 2023-07 · Criticism

I remember seeing this video a while ago: [VIDEO] Is this actually indicative of the kind of structured debate that happens in colleges?

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logicalmonster · 2023-06 · Criticism

I don't know much about debating competitions, but I was floored when I saw this video when researching this. [VIDEO] If this is real and not a parody, it seems like whatever scoring system they use incentivizes the wrong behavior even before you get into idealogical debates.

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jackhack · 2017-10 · Criticism

If anyone has a doubt as to how far "debate" has fallen, this should be an eye-opening case-in-point: [VIDEO] [edit: Flagged? Really?? - this video exposes the very absurdity discussed in the article. A Championship debate team doing what few educated persons would recognize or identify as debate.]

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