Here's a link to the video: https://youtu.be/8IIm2an8QkI

My partner and I do Policy Debate and recently competed in the Arizona State Invitational debate tournament. The debate topic was "Resolved: The United States Federal Government should substantially reduce restrictions on legal immigration"

In policy debate, the affirmative proposes a plan which falls under the resolution, and the negative rejects it. For example, many affirmatives remove the per-country limits on immigration. My partner and I were assigned the negative position, but our opponents did not read a plan. Instead, they performed a slam poem about citizenship and dehumanization.

In response, we argued that they weren't actually an affirmative because they did not advocate a plan for the resolution, and that their strategy was unfair to negative positions.

They then argued we could not talk about fairness because we were white males and had "caucasity".

In response, we read a critique against identity politics utilizing quotes from Sam Harris, Ben Shapiro, and Jordan Peterson. We argue that our identity as white males shouldn't matter in the round; that our race and gender have nothing to do with what's right and wrong; That we should instead regard people as individuals. The judge then ends the round and disqualifies for making "racist and violent" arguments endorsed by "white supremacists."

The debate space is a leftist echo chamber and it must be exposed. I first attempted to bring this to light on r/debate, but was met with an overwhelmingly negative response, and the post was eventually removed by the moderators. Hard to imagine a better way for them to prove my point. https://www.reddit.com/r/Debate/comments/aeq7k5/the_debate_space_is_a_leftist_echo_chamber_that/

You can see my removed post at https://www.removeddit.com/r/Debate/comments/aeq7k5/the_debate_space_is_a_leftist_echo_chamber_that/?st=JQVYA7II&sh=af0be80c

I've tweeted this to Ben Shapiro and Jordan Peterson. Any retweets and or additional tweets @ them to bring this to light would be greatly appreciated. https://twitter.com/Michaelmoreno2k/status/1084649832633909248