Debating, Friday November 2

[certaintrouble.livejournal.com]

Chuck glared at the kids sitting in front of him.



“Why aren’t you supporting our country? You’re all sitting around enjoying public education, ignoring everything outside of your middle-class bubbles, when you could be sneaking off to be underage recruits for the army.” He gave them all a derisive look. “You kids and thinking all of you should have public education. Goods across the board like that? That’s not democratic. That’s communist. You, kids, are communist.”

Chuck went to the board and wrote “False dilemma.”

“Something we’ve been working on in class this semester is simplification. You need to simplify your arguments down to the bare bones, and not let any silly little facts get in your way. Narrow down exactly what is wrong with the opposing side, be it the argument, the result of their argument, or the person themself. Figure out just how awful it could be, and stick to it. Above all else, do not let them convince you that there are shades of gray. That’s where the dilemma comes into play. There’s no way of compromising here, no way you’ll let them off the hook with any of their flaws. There is only their horrible option, or your straight-up, excellent one.”

He clapped his hands. “Pair up, and get to it!”


[OOC: Just a minute... We now return you to your regularly scheduled deathmatches.]

Comments

Re: FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT!

[goodgirlmeg.livejournal.com]

"You're saying I shouldn't care about my friend's feelings?" Meg asked. "Is that the way you treat your friends? Nice."

Re: FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT!

[misshargrove.livejournal.com]

"Of course you should care, but where does it say that you get to be a bitch to me because of it?" Annette was seriously tired of this whole freaking mess.

Re: FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT!

[goodgirlmeg.livejournal.com]

"Sooo I should just pretend that everything is just fine and dandy?" she said. "And I wasn't acting like a...you know. I'm doing my best to just ignore you."

Re: FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT!

[misshargrove.livejournal.com]

"Everything is fine and dandy, you're just choosing to ignore it. Let it rest, Meg, it's none of your business unless he makes it your business." She smirked. "You could have just ignored me now. I was doing just fine sitting here by myself."

Re: FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT!

[goodgirlmeg.livejournal.com]

"We have an assignment to do." Meg said. "I'm not about to let an argument get in the way of my grades."

Re: FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT!

[misshargrove.livejournal.com]

"If you want to do the assignment, then you'll have to either pick a different partner, or pick another topic. Putting me down is evidently not a good choice."

Re: FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT!

[goodgirlmeg.livejournal.com]

"I'm only telling the truth. I can't help if it makes you out to be a bad person." Cause to Meg, Annette was a terrible person. "You pick a topic then."

Re: FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT!

[misshargrove.livejournal.com]

"No, I'm not going to pick a topic." She stood. "You don't like me; you've made that abundantly clear. So just stay away from me, Meg." With that she turned and walked out of the classroom, not caring what sort of grade she got, or if she got detention for it.

Re: FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT!

[goodgirlmeg.livejournal.com]

Meg rolled her eyes as Annette left.