Carolina Kickoff

2019 — Greer, SC/US

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Novice Lincoln-Douglas

Event Description:

NSDA Description: This popular style of debating features one person on each

side. Propositions of value are debated with the emphasis on developing logical

argumentation rather than an accumulation of information. You will learn

values analysis, argumentation skills, sound and ethical uses of persuasion,

and clear audience centered communication. You will have the opportunity to

debate several topics during the school year.

Good debaters construct value-driven cases that are consistent, coherent,

combine original analysis with carefully chosen evidence, and tackle the issues

in the resolution head-on. Over the course of the debate, they thoroughly

defend and expand their own arguments while meticulously deconstructing the

arguments of their opponents.

In the spirit of the debates of Lincoln and Douglas, LD Debate should be a

clash of ideas rather than personalities. Competitors are expected to be

assertive rather than aggressive.

Novice competitors will debate the following resolution: "Civil disobedience in

a democracy is morally justified."