Politics Debate Topics — page 21

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• I will first address my opponent's statement that, because of the U.S.' system of checks and balances, a dictatorial form of government cannot occur. The Roman Republic also had a complex constitution with checks and balances, but when things started going wrong, they gave…
• Thank you, Skeptic for accepting my open debate. I do not wish to pull my opponent into a semantics trap. I'm sorry for not explicitly saying that religion will cause WW3. I am predicting that it will. My opponent claims that because this is the twenty first century horrendous…

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• I can give you more reasons why he is good than you can tell me why he is bad
• I can give you more reasons why he is good thaN YOU CAN SAY WHY HE IS BAD

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• Good luck. You have disagreed with my definition of goals, and then suggested that we debate with goals meaning 'a desired outcome'. I'd just like to point out that my def. did not dispute this at all, just elaborated upon the words goals. My opponent is stating an obvious, I…
• Before any argument is put forward, a definition is a necessity in this debate. The word 'goals' is certainly a word that needs explaining. Terrorists, or freedom fighter's goals are not to incite terror, or fear, as many would suggest. In fact, terror is just used as a weapon…

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• Lets try to stick to the topic. The debate is about a very specific topic, I am only talking about the American middle class, not the rich and not the poor. I am not saying completely stop legal immigration. I'm saying that make it smarter and not allow anyone & everyone to…
• This debate is not about who can work harder, immigrants or Americans. It is irrelevant. A citizen should always have more opportunities than non-citizens otherwise there is no concept of country. Unlike other countries, most people want to come to America and that makes it…

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• I think we have had a misunderstand standing i am pro Israel. I don't want to argue that it was 100% Palestine's fault. I want to argue that Its more Palestinian's fault. You see i agree with what u said and what you said is my opinion as well. Maybe i did not make it clear…
• Before we start i would like to make it very clear that Israel is not completely in the right because it does sometimes overreact. I am arguing that Israel has not committed a "genocide" on the Palestinian people or that Israel has stole Palestinian land and if you weigh out…

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• Our experience is the source of all knowledge.Con's analogies to sex with a minor and cutting aren't relevant or persuasive. Sex with a minor violates the harm principle. Cutting doesn't. Sex with a minor is illegal. Cutting isn't. If anything, we shoud treat drugs like…
• Con drops my entire case. Extend my argument that drugs are awesome, the harm principle, and my cost/benefit analysis of legalization vs prohibition. Con's argument focuses exclusively on whether drug use is harmful. But the issue in this debate isn't whether drug use is…

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• Welcome to this debate between the esteemed YYW and myself, ConservativePolitico.First round is for acceptance only. Four rounds.1 week to vote.8k character limit. Foreign powers will include any sovereign group or nation outside of Syria's border.Intervene will mean any action…
• Welcome, welcome to my last round of this wonderful debate where I am going to focus on concluding and closing out in a strong fashion. In Ultimate Conclusion...I want to reaffirm that no group has the capacity to judge another state as to whether or not they are adequately…

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• I like to clarify that all the arguments, I presented, were based on the priorities of the current major problems of society where corporation should spend valuable time and money. This is self explanatory that corporations should be neutral on the gay right, consider it to be…
• I thank the con to give me the opportunity for participating in the debate and share my views. As I have selected to speak as pro in this debate, following are the views on it: Observation 1: Gay rights might come under the human right but definitely should be least prioritise…

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• Because that we are now on the final rounds I will put up one rule following upon the next round 1)No more new present arguments/evidence->unless your opponents asked for one For now let me reconstruct my opponents refutation towards my argument They have refuted my claim that…
• I am very honoured to be debating against such an experienced debater! Because I am a beginner, I am very sorry for the lack of knowledge here. However, I would like to start off by also setting an example to our viewers from my previous arguments. Imagine a balance. One…

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• I would not dare say that the Iranian government is not full of holocaust deniers and irrational leaders. I also would not deny that in probable likelihood, they are denying UN inspectors as they are pursuing certain nuclear activities. But I claim that they have just the same…
• Thanks for the quick response!Con States: "You've got the United States, China, and other world superpowers with TONS of nuclear weapons. Therefore it is hypocritical for every other country to not let Iran produce nuclear weapons." I argue that very point and in favor of any…

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• As con has refused to post any arguments' i refuse to debate. If the Con wishes to debate this later, he may message me.
• I pass my opportunity to debate, and shall allow con to post his arguments.

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• We would absolutely beat them just to be sure my opponent understands we arent talking about a nuclear war usa is just a far superior military
• Russia's economy is crumbling and has been declining for awhile Russian equipment is outdated Russia int a super power but a regional power Putin is trying to push it back into the Soviet era but cant afford with such a crashing economy I get a feeling the war would be along…

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• i thought we were having a decent debate till you went and done that and said " i win " . let me tell you what i mean when i say the goverment couldnt care about you unless you are rich . of course the goverment " care " thats why they introuduce these systems for crying out…
• I would like to point out again my opened is right in what he says that the government do have a moral obligation to protect the people etc etc . I would also like to point a harsh truth about America and several other first world countries , this may come as no surprise but…

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• Experience is valuable. If you were to take two people, know nothing about them aside from their experience, and choose one to fill a position, you would choose the most experienced. The president is an administrator who must not allow the country to fall apart under his watch.…
• I maintain that the previous president of the United States was a better president than our current president, a claim for which I alone have the burden of proof. My reasoning for this is simple. Subjective arguments can be repeated ad nauseum but prove nothing. Our country is…

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• All I can tell you is how i feel at this point, I have no factual evidence to back it up You clearly address that point about people using their ideological view on how things should work when trying to make policies, and I guess that's the way I think. Ill claim ignorance, I'm…
• First i would like to say that I have never done this before, sorry if I'm not up to par. The main topic to be focused on is the taxation of the rich ($250,00 and higher) that Senator Obama has proposed. The "spreading of the wealth" idea he proposed to Joe the plumber is not…

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• It is a reliable solution because it will indeed send the message that they are not welcome here. They come here stealing jobs and bringing diseases like cockroaches. Tell me what do you do when cockroaches infest your house? You exterminate them. Once 10 or 20 of them go down…
• For too long the illegal immigrants have been crossing the border. If we had started it before the issue most likely would have been dropped by now.

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• I see in my opponent's response he seems to concede that the democrats will not negotiate on the only pertinent issue, the ACA.
• The Republicans have offered at least two bills to fully fund the government without repealing, defunding, or delaying the ACA: 1. To fund the government but remove special subsidies for members of congress; and 2. To fund the government but repeal the medical device tax. The…

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• I personally believe everybody who wants to have a gun and is law abiding and legal should be able to obtain one, all I want is for the background checks to be more secure, I don't think we should ban any guns or weapons, I just want slightly strong background checks just to…
• All I am saying is that by making background checks more secure, it allows mentally sane and law abiding citizens to be able to purchase weapons, and we can also filter out the criminals from attempting to purchase guns for acts of crime. when you have things like the Black…

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• It does have a effect: see: www.biu.ac.il/soc/ec/wp/2009-12.pdf Also, without white guilt, politican support for foreign aid would be minimal, and politicians wasting money in such adventures would be removed quickly from office
• No it is not a troll debate It is more like making some points across about the fact that white guilt ends up making damage to both european and african nations, by making the african population baloon, which leads to social conflict and immigration to Europe, where even MORE…

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• Hello, and good luck to my opponent. Donald Trump is not racist. He has never spoken out against any race. His border wall and immigration standards only apply to illegal immigrants. Islam is not a race. Good luck to my opponent.
• The ban does not have a set time and the ban does not revolve around a time: It will be set up until the screening process can be improved. The ban could last a week or a year. This is not a ban on muslims, this is a ban on muslim immigration while the screening process can be…

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• I wish to thank you for your consideration in debating me on this topic. This is the format for the debate:Round 1: Acceptance only.Round 2: Arguments only.Round 3: Rebuttals only.Round 4: Closing Arguments and Rebuttals.————————Good luck,~Corridon. Note: This debate is on both…
• The reason why the Watergate scandal had such a resonance with history was because nobody thought that their President would be so desperate to win an election that he would bug phones, conversation rooms, and steal documents at Democrat headquarters in Watergate Hotel. It was…

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• Since Con Forfeited, All contentions still stand.
• You still have yet to refute the primary contention that the fear of war keeps peace. Also you are resorting to moralistic fallacies to support the resolution that wars are unnecessary to end conflicts.Moralistic fallacy-A formal fallacy of assuming that what is desirable is…

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• This debate is for all drugs, also you broke a rule, the acceptance rule. My case first: C1: cost of the drug war After 40 years 1 trillion dollars have been spent on the drug war. (1) In 2010 the goverment spent 550$ per second. (2) 2011 it is over 1000$ every second. (3) 48.7…
• Bop is even in this debate (not much of one at all but still)

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• I apologize. I haven't had the time lately and greatly underestimated my recent workload. I concede to Con.
• Thank you Sojourner for joining this debate. To begin, I'd like to talk about the history of the Pledge. The Pledge was written by a socialist Baptist minister who was essentially fired for describing Jesus as a socialist. He was a writer for a magazine that sold American…

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• The Tea Party has instigated claims against President Barack Obama on social and economic issues that aren't based in reality. They also are opposed by most Americans.

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• Ok Not hard to find evidence and for the people in the comments saying the the GOP are using it as a talking point. They're not! And you wanted proof? Explain the emails found! Explain why even though Obama Knew about it being a terrorist attack but he blamed it on the youtube…
• I Say they did as they still are! People are saying oh investigate 9/11! AND WE DID Now i'm saying to investigate Benghazi!, but that's never going to happen as Obama will get impeached and Hillary Clinton's chance of running for pres will die.

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• Yeah lol
• Ah damn it I meant to say shouldn't! Lets just delete this debate

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• I argue that the Welfare State should be abolished.There are different definitions of the Welfare State. However, I am just going to be broad about it and define the welfare state as anything the state does beyond the Night Watchman State. The Night Watchman State is defined…
• First, let me point out, that this is NOTa sources debate. So, whoever has the most or best sources does not get 2 points automatically.Okay, so let me make my points.Argument Against Welfare StateFirst, I am going to make a quick case against the welfare state in general,…

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• Round 3: I will summarize each contention raised using bullet-points and then I will follow with an analysis of the arguments, detailing why the arguments are flawed and misinformed. C1 Summary:* Europe is suffering from economic crises.1. Specifically, Greece has been on the…
• In life, we are guided by our morality because it is a means to an end. That end is a lasting livelihood that is secure, free, exhilarating, and shared. We wish for such an end because our nature demands it. We want to be free. We want to have choice. We want to have goods and…

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• Dear Con, I don't mean to be rude, but your argument strongly seems to imply that you didn't read mine whatsoever. In fact, my previous argument rebukes most points you have made, as I strongly expected what you would have to say. However, I will still attempt to create a…
• Just to confirm, I will be arguing that Israel is 'right' in its current conflict against Gaza and that its current actions are justifiable. First of all, let's lay down the facts. On June 12, three Israeli teens were kidnapped and later found dead in the West Bank, a fellow…

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• 1. President Obama is responsible for six trillion dollars of debt. 2. He has not helped the economy at all. 3. His presidency has been consumed with scandals such as Fast and Furious, Benghazi, and the IRS targeting groups. 4. He has been unwilling to work with Congress. 5.…
• I hope my opponent can come up with an actual argument.

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• "For"? You mean that it's to minorities' benefit? I'll buy that. But I think it's racist against minorities as well as whites - not only "reverse racism" (I don't care for that term) but traditional racism too (though I don't think whether racism is "reverse" depends at all on…
• It tells them that they need help, that they are nothing but their races, and that the country feels sorry for them. At least that's how I see it. I recognize that it does have benefits, but this is about whether it's racist. I'll be honest: I just want to reach my three…

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• America's obession with guns is too much. It needs to stop. Obivously, nobody learned anything from the Newtown shootings. You won't need to defend yourself if you there weren't guns in the first place.
• Gun control is the way to go. Too many school shootings, too many deaths, why not just ban guns altogether for a safer America

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• In response to several of my opponents points, particularly his opening, while "technically" a 60/40 majority is needed to break a filibuster, there is a way in the senate where a filibuster can be broken using only a 51/59 majority. This is called the "nuclear option" (.…
• For this round, I shall address my opponent's points. First of all, regarding the politifact, these figure actually show that 153 have been broken, stalled, or compromised, while 141 have actually been kept. Another 212 are "in the works", which is still not the same as truly…

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• Con drops all of my arguments in his closing. Extend my points--Obama may not have been the best President, but he was a "quality" one. Thanks to Con for a nice discourse, and I urge a Pro ballot!
• I'll rebut Con and then go on to defend my own case. CON's CASE Under Obama's administration, raw unemployment has dropped, as can be seen in my first contention. But, I also think that the economic situation would have been far better had the GOP been more cooperative. The…

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• P1. The debate is whether The United States government should substantially strengthen regulation of immigration to the United States. The issue is immigration in relation to United States citizenship. We participated in a debate for 3 rounds defending our premises on whether…
• P1: strengthening the regulation of immigration means strengthening the system which permits and regulates United States citizenship. Unauthorized practice is one aspect which I would like to introduce in terms of regulation. "Notario Fraud" is a serious issue to the regulation…

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• Well, it's been added. And since there isn't really anything you can do about it (unless you plan to boycott school), would just accepting it be an option for those people? The Texas Pledge is just like the Pledge of Alligiance in how you are pledging alligiance to your state…
• Allow me to make something clear. When I said something about "you having a problem with it" I wasn't necissarily referring to YOU specifically. It was more of a generaliztion term. I didn't mean for it to sound so personal, I apologize. Now then, on to the argurment. We have…

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• From Agamemnon taking advantage of the fact that Helen his brother's wife had been kidnapped by Paris the son of Priam, to wage war upon Troy to the Romans deeming themselves superior to other cultures to justify their outrageous imperialism, from the USA using the threat of…
• I see you made no mention whatsoever of the Romans which I presume means you finally understood how great military power does not equate to actual greatness either that or you didn't read what I said about slavery, gladiators and the war between the senate and those who wanted…

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• 1. Where is your evidence? 2. Some people just bomb a place trying to get attention. 3. Terrorists made be heros in some countries, but will be criminals in other countries. 4. Terrorist attacks can lead to having a war too. 5. People can become terrorists if they are angry…
• Terrorist are bad because many people can die in one attack. Terrorists also just want to kill people. They want to kill themselves and kill other people. They can wipe out some of the population. In a war, government might send terrorist to bomb a place that is important to a…

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• i showed common sense that my points show irresponsibility. even the congressional budget office says if we dont get our budget in order bad things might occur. as for obamacare, showed how preexisting conditions and medicaid were important to give people healthcare, and all…
• instead of asking a bunch of irrelevant questions, con should be arguing why it's responsible to vote for trump. i argued why it's irresponsible to vote for trump.... because you're getting an irresponsible person into office.

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• It's times like these when I feel like I'm debating myself. I could be conceded and think that he didn't post because he didn't have a response but I would probably be wrong. Sometimes I wonder though. Anyway, there are a few things that I would like to clarify that might have…
• I noticed that you're an LD person too. So, I'm going to debate as close as possible to LD style for the rest of the round. ---------- I'll begin with observations then move to my opponent's case and finish with my own. Observation: If I prove the resolution to be more true…

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• [I reserve the right to clarify and substantiate my remarks in rounds 2 through 5: graynet2013, the following are suppositions, premises, and challenges to any opponent] Our troops are fighting a war abroad against a virulent group of fanatics that have been bent on terror for…

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• Illegal immigration is facilitated by criminal networks
• States have the sovereign right to control their own borders.

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• My opponent shall start with an argument against the topic, and then I shall offer my rebuttal.

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• 1.How do illegal immigrants have a negative effect on the economy, you ask? You note that many of the jobs they take are jobs people don't want. Of course they don't want them, at the wages employers pay illegals. That being said, this is the second-most asserted statement,…
• The invasion of the United States by illegal aliens, primarily over our southern borders, imperils the country's financial, educational, and medical institutions, our environmental quality, and in fact, the very culture of the United States. For years, the willful…

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• i guess i concede the debate

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• I am happy to debate someone.

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• Okay, I will wait for the next round.
• My opponent says: "My opponent seems to think corporations are bad. I will argue the contrary argument in this case. The Labor Party, Liberal Democrat Party, and the Conservative Party should have ties with corporations in order to improve the economy further. How strong of…

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• First off, thanks for accepting my first debate. I look forward to seeing the viewpoint of whoever chooses to stand against me. I am very much of the belief that countries who get involved in wars in which the displacement of civilians on a massive scale is inevitable, should…

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• I'm offended.I mean, I feel like I just held the door for a feminist who refused to walk through but chose to chastise me for my chivalry. Proper etiquette dictates that I provide you the opportunity for first argument. This is the thanks I get for being a nice guy.You stated a…
• Let me get this straight on what you're arguing. You're against biological weapons because of the negative economic impact on the country they hit. Forget all of the people suffering with horribly painful reactions to biological agents. Forget the mass exodous of refugees from…