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Colleyville Heritage High School | 2 | Opponent: Greenhill MR | Judge: Sarah Evans 1AC Dystopia |
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TFA State | 1 | Opponent: Westwood JN | Judge: Rachel Stevens 1AC - Open Borders |
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Dystopia 1ACTournament: Colleyville Heritage High School | Round: 2 | Opponent: Greenhill MR | Judge: Sarah Evans Rational society is built upon this fundamental misapprehension: the denial of the dark underbelly of our existence. We turn away from polite society in an attempt to see humanity and our politics for what they are…we turn to auto-mutilation in an attempt not to resist the darkness present just under the surface of reality, but rather to plunge into it. It is this destructive moment of chaos that certifies our mortality and turns to a life stripped from all utopianism. Bataille tells us… Economic engagement and the quest for productivity is plagued by a knowledge base to stave off darkness—the mutilating and destructive potlatch generates a new form of politics and economics that accepts that light and dark are inevitably intertwined. Kosalka furthers… This process of struggle and continual sacrifice denies the statement of a political system that sees itself as morally superior in any way. This process of moral superiority and denial of negativity leads to fascism. Only the process of continual auto-destruction staves off this fate. This topic represents a mode of economics obsessed with utility that only gives in order to get something in return or to gain power. Potlatch is what we need--the capitalistic and utilitarian society can only be deconstructed through the annihilation of excess and an unconditional mode of gift giving thus freeing the individual from the shackles of utility. Kosalka explains… Utility is an attempt to maximize the use of an object with the largest amount of productivity. The benefits of modern day economics have covered itself with a veil to hide the racism and xenophobia that make up the base of the economic superstructure. This outlook of utility denies equality to the queer identity and allows to all other types of xenophobia to emerge –the only method to diverge from this is destruction of utility Thus the plan: the United States federal government should substantially increase its economic engagement with The United Mexican States through unconditional, useless, and excessive expenditure through potlatch. And, our project of sacrificial doubling through potlatch marks the boundary where the coherence of political criticism breaks down. This death should not be viewed as an execution but rather as a self-mutilation. This process of auto-mutilation or self-destruction creates in its wake a subversiveness that denies the will to positivist utopianism present in the modern political system. Our unconditional engagement in potlatch represents ideal front to affirm existence --this mode of absolute uselessness creates a realm in which the utility obsessed humans are able to shift away from the concept of needing more to make better We come to Bataille in an attempt to seek the self-mutilation needed to deconstruct utopian politics and utility and intertwine the light and the dark. We must give away. We need to destroy. Kosalka tells us… Finally we return to the Olmecs. Their process of bloodletting was the opposite of useful and could even be viewed as destructive. It is this embrace of negativity that is crucial in modern day politics | 2/2/14 |
Open Borders 1ACTournament: Spring Woods Houston Memorial | Round: 1 | Opponent: HAIS MV | Judge: Plan: The United States federal government should lift immigration restrictions and adopt an open border policy with The United Mexican States.Contention 1 is RacismScenario 1 is Institutional Racism====Racism has been institutionalized in immigration policy by the use of racial profiling ==== Acceptance of the immigrant community is key to prevent the oppression of immigrantsJackowski’06 (Rosemarie Jackowski Is an Advocacy Journalist Living in Vermont. "Press Action ::: A Call for Open Borders." Press Action ::: A Call for Open Borders. N.p., 1 Apr. 2006. Web. http://www.pressaction.com/news/weblog/full_article/jackowski04012006/.) Institutionalized racism in the US immigration policy dehumanizes migrants—the ONLY way to move away from the racial institution is to recognize the racist nature which will provide a new framework for the systemHing’ No Date(Bill Ong Hing, Professor at University of San Francisco. "SelectedWorks of Bill Ong Hing.""Institutional Racism, ICE Raids, and Immigration Reform" by Bill Ong Hing. N.p., n.d. Web. http://works.bepress.com/billhing/4/. SI) ====Scenario 2 is Border Poverty==== Immigration control treats the migrants as currency – those with use are in, those who aren’t are out. This policy upholds order that enables racism to continue unabated. Freeing the movement of the migrant body ends the racist utilitarian approach to immigration controlHayter 2k (Teresa, writer and activist on migration and anti-racism issues "Open Borders: The Case Against Immigration Controls", pp. 171-172) When immigrants are allowed into the country- they are used as a form of slave labor and are submersed into a life of povertySmith’10 (S.E Smith. "IMMIGRATION POLICY, RACIST RHETORIC, AND SLAVERY IN THE UNITED STATES." Immigration Policy, Racist Rhetoric, and Slavery in the United States –. N.p., 28 Sept. 2010. Web. SI ) The aff breaks down the distribution of rights in terms of citizenship, giving rise to universal personhood, and eliminating the distinction between citizen and alien.Shamir 05 (Ronen, Professor of Sociology at Tel-Aviv University, 2005 "Without Borders? Notes on Globalization as a Mobility Regime," Sociological Theory 23.2 http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=a38a1096-53e7-4f5d-8fb2-678c41fae19b40sessionmgr1026vid=426hid=26-http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=a38a1096-53e7-4f5d-8fb2-678c41fae19b40sessionmgr1026vid=426hid=26) Ending immigration restrictions allows migrants to break free from this cycle of slavery and grants them access to better opportunitiesRaviv ’13(Shaun Raviv, Is an author for the Atlantic. The Atlantic covers news and analysis on politics, business, culture, technology, national, international and life. The Atlantic: "If People Could Immigrate Anywhere, Would Poverty Be Eliminated?" http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/04/if-people-could-immigrate-anywhere-would-poverty-be-eliminated/275332/-http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/04/if-people-could-immigrate-anywhere-would-poverty-be-eliminated/275332/ KK) Addressing racism is the first step to combatting povertySG’ No Date(SG. "Definition 26 Analysis of Institutional Racism." Solid Ground Building Community to End Poverty. N.p., n.d. Web. http://www.solid-ground.org/Programs/Legal/AntiRacism/Documents/ARI_Definitions-Accountability_Standards_ONLINE_7-09.pdf.) Poverty dehumanizes and has taken more lives in the last 15 years than any nuclear war-historically it has taken billionsMumia Abu-Jamal 1998 ~"A QUIET AND DEADLY VIOLENCE," 9/19/98, http://www.mumia.nl/TCCDMAJ/quietdv.htm~~ Racism is an a priori issue: It makes all forms of violence inevitable and is the strongest internal link to dehumanization.Mendieta, 2002 ~Eduardo Mendieta, , "To Make Live and to Let Die – Foucault and Racism. 2002~ Racism is a D-rule; As the judge you have an ethical obligation to vote against every instance of racism.Memmi 2k (Albert, Professor Emeritus of Sociology @ Unv. Of Paris; Dehumanization outweighs all other impactsBerube’97 (Berube, David. Professor. English. University of South Carolina. "Nanotechnological Prolongevity: The Down Side." 1997. http://www.cas.sc.edu/engl/faculty/berube/prolong.htm-http://www.cas.sc.edu/engl/faculty/berube/prolong.htm.) Contention 2 is SolvencyWe use debate as a form of pedagogy that allows us to understand social injustices. By talking about racism in debate we learn to understand it and combat it properly. This means the 1AC speech act is good for education, critical thinking, and advocacy skills.Giroux ’04 (Henry A. Giroux: a professor at Boston University. Following that, he became an education professor and renowned scholar in residence at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. While there he also served as the founding Director of the Center for Education and Cultural Studies. Routledge: "Cultural Studies, Public Pedagogy, and the Responsibility of Intellectuals" http://www.cws.illinois.edu/iprhdigitalliteracies/GirouxCulturalCCS2004.pdf-http://www.cws.illinois.edu/iprhdigitalliteracies/GirouxCulturalCCS2004.pdf) America owes its heritage to open borders but by the centuries they have corrupted the system—it’s time to open up the borders and rid the country of its demoralizing and oppressive immigration policiesLehman’95 (THOMAS E. LEHMAN, Mr. Lehman Is Adjunct Professor of Economics and Western Civilization, Adult and Professional Studies Division, Indiana Wesleyan University, Marion, Indiana. "Coming to America: The Benefits of Open Immigration." : The Freeman : Foundation for Economic Education. N.p., 1 Dec. 1995. Web. http://www.fee.org/the_freeman/detail/coming-to-america-the-benefits-of-open-immigration.) SI Contention 3 is Impact FramingUtilitarianism can be manipulated to justify any atrocity –Util framework condones mass slaughter and results in nuclear conflictJim Holt, commentator for the BBC, writes frequently about politics and philosophy, August 5, 1995, New York Times, "Morality, Reduced To Arithmetic," p. Lexis Utilitarian scenarios aren’t probable – default to our impacts because they are systemic and thus have a 100 probability.Nicholas Rescher, Professor of Philosophy @ Pitt University. 1983. "Risk: A Philosophical Introduction to the Theory of Risk Evaluation and Management." Pg. 50. Portrayal of existential risks requires the burden of skills in the study and the studies themselves. Lack of probability discussion is a reason for you to be skeptical of their internal link chains.Yudkowsky ’6 (Eliezer; Research Fellow at the Singularity Institute for Artificial Intelligence "Cognitive biases potentially affecting judgment of global risks" Forthcoming in Global Catastrophic Risks, eds. Nick Bostrom and Milan Cirkovic 8/31/06) MG Framing issues as an existential threat causes serial policy failure and eliminates a focus on preventionHodder and Martin 9 (Patrick, Bachelor of Arts HonoursBrian, professor of Social Sciences at the University of Wollongong"Climate crisis? The politics of emergency framing" Economic and Political Weekly, Vol. 44, No. 36, 5 September 2009, pp. 53-60. http://www.bmartin.cc/pubs/09epw.html) MFR Any extinction scenario is over-exaggerated; any extinction claims perpetuate acts of racism in an attempt to protect the notion of Western dominance.Martin 1982 "Critique of Nuclear extinction." Critique of Nuclear Extinction. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 July 2013. http://www.uow.edu.au/~~bmartin/pubs/82jpr.html. | 11/10/13 |
Open Borders 20 1ACTournament: TFA State | Round: 1 | Opponent: Westwood JN | Judge: Rachel Stevens . "Immigration Reform in the US: Taking Racism out of the Closet."Aljazeera. N.p., 29 Mar. 2013. Web.) This American dream continues to paint the vision of a society where economic opportunities signify true freedom which has penetrated the migrant body – all is well until they cross the borderland where they turn onto the body of a slave and are stripped free from all rights in favor of the “Master” – it is this ideology that further proliferates the politics of racism A marker for you, a marker for you the government says – legitimization of the identity construction of immigration control only allows for the creeping fascization of society. The paradigm of suspicion immobilizes immigrants and the impoverished, viewing them only as a source of cheap labor directly selling their social identity to corporations. Immigration control punishes human beings for their birthplace – forcing them to look upon something they view as an oasis in their desert with envy and longing Racism is an a priori issue: Racism is not only at the core of exclusion and subjugation to violence and domination, but implicates all knowledge production. Any struggle against racism must be without concessions or surcease. Thus, Kanian and I affirm, The United States federal government should open its border toward the United Mexican States. Through the act of writing you call, like the ancient chamana, the scattered The aff breaks down the distribution of rights in terms of citizenship, giving rise to universal personhood, and eliminating the distinction between citizen and alien. This race dichotomy turns the migrant body into the illegal immigrant – our operation from an institution perspective paves way for a new framework to be established within the state. By opening the floodgates of the US-Mexican border, we allow for the escape routes to be opened for the immigrant body become imperceptible – our plan is not a pitch for utopia but rather a means of escape that allow for recognizing resistance as it occurs through actual everyday politics and allows the invisible body to challenge and change everyday life. Our deliberation through the state is the only effective method to overcome the mode of dominance – we must work within the politics of the state to make internal conflicts visible and uphold the notion of resistance. | 3/9/14 |
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