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Jaime N. Christley @rohmersimpson.bsky.social

champions are the ones who fill their time with as many "points" as possible. Doesn't even matter if they make sense, they could be speaking in tongues - just needs to be fast and dense. Anyway I think about that anytime "debate" rears its big ugly stupid head.

sep 11, 2025, 1:59 pm • 4 1

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Daniel Carlson @danielwcarlson.bsky.social

I remember that episode! It was illuminating re: how dumb debate is as an extracurricular. An argument’s soundness was secondary. The goal was to flood the zone, so if you made 7 dumb points and your opponent made 4 good ones, you won. The whole GOP playbook right there.

sep 11, 2025, 2:21 pm • 1 0 • view
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Scott Renshaw @scottrenshaw.bsky.social

Yeah, the terminology is “spreading.”

sep 11, 2025, 2:05 pm • 1 0 • view