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Disadvantages!

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What is a disad?

A negative of-case position

 The armative plan causes somethingbad to happen

Examples: pending disad politics disad"hina sphere o# in$uence

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What is the logic behindDisadvntages? The armative gets % minutes to prove

&h' the status (uo is bad  o it)s onl' logical that the negative can

sa' that the status (uo is good* Disads are #unctionall' voting #or the

status (uo*

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What are the parts o# a

disad?

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+arts o# the disad

,ni(uenessthe status (uo  "urrentl' &e are being .scall' responsible

/in0ho& the plan disrupts the status (uo

   The af spends mone' disrupting .scalresponsibilit'

1nternal /in0&hat that disruption causes  2iscal responsibilit' is 0e' to the econom'

1mpact&h' that disruption is bad  Economic collapse causes &ars

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,ni(ueness

3o& do 'ou &in the uni(ueness debate?45 6ecenc' +olitics or DAs about hot issues no more than a &ee0

old

1nternational politics several &ee0s to a month*

75 8uali.ed authors or sources +olitics DA real ne&s sources not blogs bipartisan

vote counts +eople &ith experience and9or (uali.cations

5 ;rin0the status (uo is not guaranteed pending DA &e are barel' being .scall' responsible*

 Than0s <bama=

>5 "onclusive

5 /in0 and impact uni(ueness

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/in0

What ma0es good lin0s?

45 peci.c to the af but generics lin0s A6E<@ 

75 Diversit' o# &arrants-mone' t'pe o# polic' #ocusing attention

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1nternal /in0s

2e&er the better

/ogical  ;AD example: apan politics DA

  Bood example: ,)s econom' 0e' to globaleconom'

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1mpact

+arts o# an impact  Cagnitude

  +robabilit'

1nternal lin0 causes the impact and impact &illoccur

Econ collapse causes nuclear &ar? uclear &ar0ills ever'one?

   Time#rame   Turns case

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Disad 1nteraction &ith "ase

Disad turns case arguments are ver'important*

Access the armative)s impacts through theimpacts o# the DA   Three&a's to access armative)s impacts

through DAs DA 1nternal lin0  the af)s internal lin0s DA 1nternal lin0  the af impacts

DA 1mpact  Af 1mpact 1# the armative lin0s to a DA that causes

their o&n impacts then there is literall' noreason to vote armative*

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What is &rong here?

,2B spending increasing no&

Biving <AA ,As costs a lot

An' ne& spending tan0s the ,econom'

"auses great po&er &ars

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Extending the DA

45 1mpact overvie&  DA out&eighs and turns the case

1mpact calculus

 Turn case  6ead more impacts

+6<: external impact the 4A6 has to read ev onor 'ou have a conceded impact

"<: the 4A6 can straight impact turn this ne&

impact 'ou have to go #or the DA and alsospend less time

1# the' haven)t read impact de#ense thenprobabl' don)t read a ne& impact

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Extending the DA cont*

Bo in 7A" order

75 ,ni(ueness  Extend 4" card 

Ans&er the 7A" non-uni(ue card  6ead more uni(ueness

5 /in0 and internal lin0  6ead ne& lin0s Fremember diversit' o# lin0s is

good?5  6ead 'our most speci.c lin0s

>5 1mpact  Ans&er their impact de#ense or turns

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@ic0ing a DA

When to 0ic0 a DA  <: straight turned DAs

   Time tradeofs ho& it .ts in 'our strateg'

is it a net-bene.t "oncede de#ensive arguments not

ofensive arguments

Don)t concede impact de#ense that ta0esout one o# 'our impacts

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Ans&ering a DA

<fensive vs De#ensive arguments  <fensive arguments are reasons &h' 'ou &in*

  De#ensive arguments are reasons &h' the other

team doesn)t &in* Thin0 o# bas0etball

   Gou can)t have all .ve pla'ers pla'ing de#ense*

   The' could get H points and 'ou still &on)t &in*

   The' have a chance to score &hile 'ou don)t*