Politics Debate Topics for Students — page 54

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• I think that it is important to distinguish between the liberal philosophy, and today's liberal philosophy implementation. On several levels, liberal philosophy has good points. In it's most succinct form, it just plain feels good to help others. But when it approaches Marxism…
• I think that gentleman who posted the "America is the World's Leading Terrorist State" debate, has hit upon something of fundamental importance to all of us in today's divided society: The difference between a liberal attitude and a conservative attitude in modern society. Far…

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• My opinion is that The State department heads are responsible for what happend in Benghazi because they were more worried about not offending Muslim officials than they were about protecting the Americans in the embassy. Will those responsible for Benghazi where Four Americans…
• You replied...Since you seem instance on blaming the state department, run by a woman, taking "marching orders" from a black man in the white house I was wondering if you were aware the congress actually defunded the security for the embassies and it was done by republicans…

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• I just need you guys out there to help me prove how the problem of African countries is limited resources and not bad governance (remember, it's african countries so don't focus on Nigeria). It's a really tough one and I really need help. P.S: It's 100% urgent!

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• None of my arguments were pushing populism; government should be concerned with everyone; not just the ordinary person, not just the elite with the most money, EVERYONE. What do you mean by "actual politicians"? because whatever you mean by this, we do not have many of them…
• I agree that the average person would not succeed in politics, but this is because the average person is hardly aware of how to resolve his or her own problems, let alone the problems humanity faces as a whole. However, we all have the potential to turn our thoughts into…

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• If Obama is such a good president why do we have a debt of 16.9 trillion dollars and increasing, Also Health care plans to hire more I.R.S workers and it will force people to have health insurance, and back to the debt thing when the debt gets to high that means there will be…
• lets start

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• This debate shall be about whether or not National Security is far more important, than privacy. I am Pro meaning that I am on the side that "National Security is far more important, than privacy". My opponent shall argue the opposite.Rules:1st Round: Acceptance and any needs…
• Before I state my conclusion for this debate, I wish to Rebuttal some of my opponents flaws within his argument. Quote from Last Round:In the previous round, I mentioned a quote, which my opponent has brought up in the last round, which was: "If it has failed, why keep trying…

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• I would like to start out by saying i meant swing states, and i wrote swing states all but 1 time. Also, my opponent claimed it was a false assumption to say that america is about what the people want. WHAT?! The whole reason america was crated was so the people could get what…
• First, I would like to rebut some of my opponents arguments. First, the electoral college is not fine system. America is about what the people want. Why do we want a handful of states deciding our country, instead of everybody. My opponent has claimed that only big cities will…

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• I thank the opposition, and would like to begin with rebuttal. The opposition has stated that the Us does not have the right to intervene with state government in another country, i agree that the US has no right to do so but As someone who lives in Australia, I have the right…
• Over time, we have seen the constant overlap of Australia"s three levels of government, with multiple governments assuming responsibility for the same thing such as a national curriculum, and investment by the federal government in health and public transport. By abolishing…

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• Syria is not causing the US any problems right now, how ever getting involved with them could and more then likely will cause the US problems. My point about afghanistan was to show that helping either side of a war could cause us problems of attacks. Another reason why we…
• The US should not get involved in Syria because it will only cause more problems for us. Here is an example of what I mean. When the US got involved in Afghanistan in 1973 they helped them out. But then once Osama Bin Laden came back into role, Afghanistan attacked the US many…

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• I. Lands can benefit the collectiveThis is a matter of one sided opinion. I honestly believe that having more people in the workforce, stimulating the economy and consumption, is more beneficial to the collective at this point in time. As I said earlier, we hold millions of…
• I. The BLM, USDA, NFS, and FWS hold plenty of unused landThe Bereau of Land Management and US Department of Agriculture, hold 100's of millions in acres of land. As most people know, when the US government attains property, the government puts it up for sale like any other…

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• I STAND TO AFFIRM THAT THE UK OUGHT TO DISSOLVE THE MONARCHYVOTING FRAMEWORK Because the key word used in the resolution is "ought," it is to be interpreted as a value debate, and the resolution should be judged on balance as more true than false, in other words the burden of…
• The resolution speaks for itself. I stand as the PRO to affirm the resolution. Dissolve: Cease funding via public expenditures and repeal all arcane standing British laws still on the books that entrust the Monarch with binding power.

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• Shared experience of terrorism
• Desire to stabilize Central Asia

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• Not much point writing here I suppose.
• It seems that the Right Side did not rise.

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• Hello The Chaos HeartThank you for this challenge.I put my reason for voting at the time. I thought it was very clear. Your opponent was ten years old. It was her first debate. She did actually set up the debate and I thought (and still think) that your tone and language were…
• Con has the Burden of Proof When I accepted Con's challenge (round 1), I assumed she had burden of proof. Specifically, I said: "As you have burden of proof, of course you go first. " Con did not challenge this until the final round (round 5). She did not refer to it at all in…

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• The international community cant be relied upon
• African forces will be trusted by Africans

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• My opponent has accepted a rematch.
• Unfortunately, my opponent has forfeited the round. He agreed in the first round to not forfeit, so I guess I win the debate. If anyone would like to debate this against me, or my opponent would like a rematch, send me a message. Thanks.

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• National sovereignty ends when human rights are systematically violated.
• This deters future human rights abuses.

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• As much as I value my life, there is no indication that I will lose my life if there is no government surveillance. NSA-conducted surveillance program PRISM launched in 2007 and was revealed to the public in 2013. Still, the U.S. was under terrorist attacks after 2007, such as…
• To answer the question of "government surveillance not being in the constitution," the 4th Amendment banns the "unreasonable searches and seizures." The massive surveillance by the government is the act of secretively searching personal information with the advanced…

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• The reason for the formation of cities is because the land of the peasants had been confiscated by the ruling classes. This was the primary cause that initiated a capitalist system. Communism is just an extreme form of capitalism. Communism is a capitalist trick to fool the…
• According to Edward Griffin's book - The Creature from Jekyll Island - communism was initiated by capitalists so that they would have a cheap source of labour. The Red Cross was used as a cover so that agents could distribute money, weapons and propaganda to prisoners. Jacob…

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• No, they would not interpret it the same way. You ignore my arguments, and play ignorant. If you do not get what "The Judicial Branch interprets the laws" and "The ninth amendment gives unlisted rights (privacy being one of them) then you have not studied the amendments and…
• "Now with equality it swings both ways. For example animals being more equal to human would also open the flood gates for human testing. After-all, if we gave human and animals equal rights and we already test on animals like vivisection labs, it would only be just to subject…

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• Yes, I forgot to credit the source where I found the poll. I will take the hit on that. Here it is: (http://www.gallup.com...) I apologize for the for the forfeit. I wasn't receiving emails about updates and the debate got lost in my other debates I had as well. The reliability…
• Through out the years, Fox News has never had enough scrutiny for acting as the conservative side of the news. Yes. I do agree that Fox News has a more Conservative mindset than any other news outlet in the US. However, Networks such as MSNBC, NBC, CBS, PBS, ABC and WBRE are…

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• The youth are getting a raw deal
• The government must do what is in the long term interest of the county

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• Resolved: The United States ought to submit to the jurisdiction of an international court designed to prosecute crimes against humanity. Jurisdiction:law legal authority: the authority to enforce laws or pronounce legal judgments Microsoft� Encarta� Reference Library 2004.…
• Because joining an international court brings justice to perpetrators of crimes against humanity, I stand in affirmation. Resolved: The United States ought to submit to the jurisdiction of an international court designed to prosecute crimes against humanity. I render the…

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• You are looking through life with a skewed world view (have you ever been out of the US?) and a chip on your shoulder. I started out homeless at 18 and yes there was welfare but no one told me! I did what I had to (not prostitution, I have dignity) and decided not to be a…

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• As Roy mentioned, this statement was made in the context provided by the link, and any semantical degradation from our exchanges should be anchored to that discussion. FOx is guilty of - (sorry for the organization, there is a fair amount of overlap in here) 1. lying. How can…
• You know what Roy... You are right. I just saw an ad by a local NBC station that deliberately targeted the Republicans' TV ads as negative (with no mention to the Dems) and then starting playing clips of people telling how they aren't going to pay attention to these negative…

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• I am giving my contender this round due to a lack of time I have because of school
• My opponent [having the burden of proof] has not stated any evidence supporting his proposal and therefore his arguments may be invalid." As I said before Most information about nuclear weapons such as the cost are probably CLASSIFIED INFORMATION! Which means I cannot see that…

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• Con forfeits; arguments remain unchallenged.
• Thank you Con. I disagree with your points and will provide my arguments. This is not a matter of personal freedom. It is a matter of societal give and take. We are part of a generation that is almost renowned for its laziness and poor education. In a working society the…

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• Soooooooo....... Ummmmmm........ your argument, please? I have nothing to refute.
• First off, I would like to state that I am not saying the U.S. should cut of military spending completely, just that it should decrease it significantly. There is no milatarial threat to the U.S, and there never will be. Our military spending is about the same as the rest of…

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• Many founding fathers supported term limits
• Political beliefs are more important than experience.

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• The Syrian government was given a red line and they crossed it with the use of toxins on their own people. And here Obama is pondering over this when it should be a quick boast into Syria and knock their regime away. Of course Obama believes that sending weapons to the rebels…
• The Syrian government was given a red line and they crossed it with the use of toxins on their own people. And here Obama is pondering over this when it should be a quick boast into Syria and knock their regime away. Of course Obama believes that sending weapons to the rebels…

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• I would like to open this debate by defining the terms that the debate is based on and explaining my exact position. It is my contention that any closed society based on anarchy cannot continue in that state for any prolonged period of time. First, a few definitions, and then…
• As my opponent has forfeited his last round, I would like to simply state a few things and present some more evidence for my argument: (1) (this is a pre-emptive counter to a potential argument my opponent could make): although you and your friends have not drifted apart during…

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• Screw it, lets treat this as a 1 round debate and let people just vote on it as is.
• Arguments for why women should be able to serve on the front lines:1) Women already hold just about every kind of post/job in the military and make up a substantial portion of the militaryWomen already make up 13.7 percent of the active Army, 23 percent of the Army Reserve and…

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• Women and African American rights were already restricted we actually gave them more rights by allowing them to fight in the war and the slaves that fought were freed plus complete freedom can't exist in a civilized society but we do have many freedoms. The bow and arrow please…
• First I would like to say that not all political leaders have taken away freedoms remember George Washington he fought to get freedoms for the American people he did not take them away. Second you argue that it is just a madder of mindset when really its instinct humans are…

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• The U.S. foreign policy is obviously the most extremely atrocious foreign policy in the modern day. The United States holds the credit for being the only country in the world, convicted of participating in international terrorism (against the Republic opf Nicaragua), when the…
• The U.S. foreign policy is a policy that has resulted in the deliberate systematic murder of millions. I will argue this case to anyone who challenged me.

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• I accept the premise that soldiers in the heat of battle must subordinate all their individuality and fight as anonymous, order-taking cogs in a large war machine. But, when these battle conditions are not in effect (which is most of the time), there is no problem with gays…
• Why do you suppose that gay people cannot conform to military standards such as haircuts or uniforms or other signs of conformity? I am not sure why they cannot conform and also say they are gay? Similar to a straight soldier who wears the uniform and gets the haircut, but also…

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• Cannot avoid dealing with a UNSC member
• Economically beneficial

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• Quite possibly one of the world's fastest debates. Again, this was set to a 30 minute time limit, which makes my opponent's situation unfortunate. Good Day to you all.
• Unfortunately my opponent didn't respond. It should be noted that this debate has a 30 minute time limit. I suppose all of my arguments stand, hopefully she'll be back for the next round.

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• 1. No, they have arguably done much wrong. Once again, the tariffs from a large portion of the presidents listed hurt the United States (Or will in the case of Trump) and all of them failed to get re-elected (Note that I excluded Bush here, his steel tariff was too small to…
• 1. How can the electoral College protect the Republic when arguably all presidents who lost the popular vote but won the Electoral College (Including 3 Republicans, 1 Democrat, and 1 Democratic-Republican) have done nothing but destroyed the Republic? Donald Trump has increased…

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• First I will admit my absent minded mistake of not attacking my opponents case. Being the affirmative, I am used to not attacking until my second speech, and the techniques that go in normal rounds. Moving on...I will defend my case, move to my opponents, then look to voting…
• "Irrationally held truths may be more harmful than reasoned errors." -Thomas Henry Huxley Because I agree with Mr. Huxley, I stand to affirm the resolution. The irrationally held idea that these sanctions are for the common good is incorrect. I will show this in my speech. If…

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• One interesting argument in this debate is whether we should listen to what our troops say, or the civilians. As I predicted in round 1, one of Con's biggest arguments is the morality of the civilians best interests being wrecked by leaving Iraq at the moment. I have two…
• Thank you CiRrO for accepting my challenge for this debate. One argument of my opponent's is that the millitary wants to stay in Iraq. So who do you agree more with General Patraeus, or the civilians,and now even Iraqi Prime Minister Malliki? The words "strongly opposed" are…

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• The Potential End "Also I would like to point up that the nuclear build up is what prevented the Cold War from tuning into a Hot War. Through a policy and situation known as Mutually Assured Destruction (MAD) [1] we kept each other at bay through threat of destruction. It is…
• I'll accept the BOP and wish myself good luck because I'll need it against you :)I submit to you the core of all my following arguments: having no weapons is preferable to having weapons. Ultimately, there are alternate methods to dealing with the problems that weapons…

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• My opponent says that the government does not help, that is such a false accusation. If the government didn't help then schools wouldn't receive funds from ones taxes and there wouldn't be control on how people drink and drive. In order to be in a safe society we depend on the…
• My opponent says that the government has done some changes for obesity like healthier foods. If that was so then how come school foods haven't changed and fast foods are still selling foods that are not healthy for one's body. In the United States more then 35.7% of adults are…

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• I don't know how the rounds are gonna go but I'll just use this as the acceptance round so it's fair since you didn't have a debate. I accept.
• Don't worry I'm on your side completely I'm doing this for fun... People are always talking about the people in our country who are bad enough like rapists and gun use and stuff so who cares if more people come in. If more people come into our country with no trouble at all,…

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• This debate is argueing for the right to screen any family, people or persons obtaining welfare from the government. The screening will be for everything from illegal drug use to internet and tv.

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• Extend my arguments
• I extend my arguments

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• Justin Trudeau of the Liberal party has won the majority vote. I think his views and policies will bankrupt this country. Please argue against or for on why you think he might do good or bad. And I will argue why the conservatives were the better choice.
• Please forgive my spelling and grammar if there are any errors I wrote this on my phone. -------------------------------------------------------- I think you have them confused, a conservative government favours having minimum control over it's people and economy. A liberal…

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• First of all I would like to start off with one of the prime ways that the current administration causes fear in its own people. After 9/11 the country was full of grief. The people were scared and wanted revenege. Although we knew Bin Laden was in Afghanistan, we also knew…
• Many solutions that would help our citizens are constantly shot down by the threats of their opponents. Change is a scary thing and when Bill O'Reilly tells you that something wont work it scares you even more. Fox and head cheerleader O'Reilly have done a great job of…

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• You seem to misunderstand me. I am not saying that he sould have been kicked off the court. That can only happen when he has commited a crime. Rather, I am saying that he never should have been nominated in the first place. You pointed out that it isn't a law that you have to…
• Many people know of Clarence Thomas, the only african american on the Supreme Court. He is also one of the two most conservative justices on the court. This is a bit of a suprise, as over 90% of african americans vote Democrat, the liberal party in the United States. Below are…

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• I think I can extend all my arguments.
• Extend all my arguments.

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• Hello, I am Sam Zack and I will be the affirmative for the resolution that "in a democracy, civil disobedience is morally justified". I would first like to start off talking about what civil disobedience is. Civil Disobedience is defined as the active refusal to obey certain…
• I, Sam, will be affirming for the last time the resolution that in a democracy, civil disobedience is morally justified. I will begin by refuting the negative and then I will rebuild the affirmative one last time. The negative states that we are talking about two types of civil…