Rosenthaler,+Max

I competed in Lincoln-Douglas debate for three years mainly on local circuit in Colorado during my Sophomore, Junior, and Senior year of high school, and was captain during my final year. I also competed at the Berkeley Invitational three years in a row. That being said, I haven’t competed for about one and a half years. I enjoy heavily philosophical debate, and though statistics and facts can serve to help your point, I will always pick a philosophically sound argument over one that uses data as a crutch. Ultimately, I view the purpose debaters in LD as being able to convey moral theory in a way that is persuasive and accessible to viewers (such as was the purpose of the original debates for which the style is named). Building off of that, please no spreading. I don’t really think it aligns with my conception of what LD should be, but I also have the selfish motive that I can’t really understand arguments that are being spread (given that I haven’t competed for one and a half years. Being aggressive is fine, as long as it appears to be result of passion over the subject/debate, but if you are being unnecessarily aggressive, I won’t view it very positively.