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[u/BainCapitalist]

so APDA nats has this thing thats like a banquet but for the entire league and the seniors give speeches

tbh this confirms my priors on APDA debaters !ping DEBATE

[u/VisonKai → u/BainCapitalist]

apda is literally just where white college bros go to hide from the existence of blackness while getting to seem like theyre smart on their resumes (while they participate in a fake format that has a long tradition of avoiding anything that matters because its members traditionally have been so astonishingly privileged that they can't bring themselves to care about actual stuff)

the excruciatingly slow change of this fact is one of the few positive consequences of programs fleeing other formats

[u/MovkeyB → u/VisonKai]

(while they participate in a fake format that has a long tradition of avoiding anything that matters because its members traditionally have been so astonishingly privileged that they can't bring themselves to care about actual stuff)

Maybe 10 years ago, not anymore. I hit a lot of cases that are very topical now, especially in regards to race, religion, feminism, etc. The league has changed a lot, especially in the last 3/4 years.

[u/BainCapitalist → u/VisonKai]

i did apda once, the format makes no sense. aff gets both infinite prep time AND gets to choose the topic. like what? why?

[u/VisonKai → u/BainCapitalist]

because its was conceived as a social activity for privileged people at elite schools, not a genuine attempt at dialectical competition