My fearless padlet by Joshua Kulnevsky https://padlet.com/jik40_/sdjh0qnhjttjkvni en-us 2023-11-03 11:02:40 UTC 2023-11-03 11:23:29 UTC hello@padlet.com How they came to win the debate jik40_ https://padlet.com/jik40_/sdjh0qnhjttjkvni/wish/2775154563 2023-11-03 11:04:13 UTC https://padlet.com/jik40_/sdjh0qnhjttjkvni/wish/2775154563 The final argument jik40_ https://padlet.com/jik40_/sdjh0qnhjttjkvni/wish/2775155172 2023-11-03 11:05:04 UTC https://padlet.com/jik40_/sdjh0qnhjttjkvni/wish/2775155172 •Ryan and Elijah were arguing with “better persuasion” than Northwestern’s team, no matter how hard NU researched jik40_ https://padlet.com/jik40_/sdjh0qnhjttjkvni/wish/2775155450 2023-11-03 11:05:27 UTC https://padlet.com/jik40_/sdjh0qnhjttjkvni/wish/2775155450 •A judge made an essay on his decision, saying that the straying away from the topic was not ideal, but they were persuasive enough, and if someone else who was not as persuasive the straying would be very much not welcome jik40_ https://padlet.com/jik40_/sdjh0qnhjttjkvni/wish/2775156159 2023-11-03 11:06:28 UTC https://padlet.com/jik40_/sdjh0qnhjttjkvni/wish/2775156159 •He got a standing ovation after his last speech jik40_ https://padlet.com/jik40_/sdjh0qnhjttjkvni/wish/2775156677 2023-11-03 11:07:10 UTC https://padlet.com/jik40_/sdjh0qnhjttjkvni/wish/2775156677 •Nowhere in the rules did it state that they had to be topical. They also don’t believe the resolution is a question jik40_ https://padlet.com/jik40_/sdjh0qnhjttjkvni/wish/2775157181 2023-11-03 11:07:50 UTC https://padlet.com/jik40_/sdjh0qnhjttjkvni/wish/2775157181 •He started talking about the wizard of oz but called “the wiz” a black cast only version of OZ. When the "Dorothys" of this world think of energy, they do not think about thorium reactors but the energy to get out of bed. jik40_ https://padlet.com/jik40_/sdjh0qnhjttjkvni/wish/2775157997 2023-11-03 11:08:47 UTC https://padlet.com/jik40_/sdjh0qnhjttjkvni/wish/2775157997 •Ended on a hopeful appeal that “Dorothy can not go on by herself” jik40_ https://padlet.com/jik40_/sdjh0qnhjttjkvni/wish/2775158875 2023-11-03 11:09:51 UTC https://padlet.com/jik40_/sdjh0qnhjttjkvni/wish/2775158875 •They believed that debate should be fair, and that both sides should have the chance to win jik40_ https://padlet.com/jik40_/sdjh0qnhjttjkvni/wish/2775159351 2023-11-03 11:10:23 UTC https://padlet.com/jik40_/sdjh0qnhjttjkvni/wish/2775159351 Ryan's final speech ended up being the most persuasive, as they thought they had lost up until that point jik40_ https://padlet.com/jik40_/sdjh0qnhjttjkvni/wish/2775159876 2023-11-03 11:11:06 UTC https://padlet.com/jik40_/sdjh0qnhjttjkvni/wish/2775159876 Northwestern argues that traditional debate is more to prepare debaters to speak in front of congress and other like places, and that Ryan and Elijah are not going to be prepared to do so. A judge believed that NU was wrong on this matter because Ryan and Elijah were clearly more prepared to do so than they were jik40_ https://padlet.com/jik40_/sdjh0qnhjttjkvni/wish/2775162957 2023-11-03 11:15:03 UTC https://padlet.com/jik40_/sdjh0qnhjttjkvni/wish/2775162957 •The speech that Ryan gives speaks on the idea that his team does not have access to all of the extensive resources that most other predominantly white debate teams have, and how all of their methods would be futile if they actually argued the topic. jik40_ https://padlet.com/jik40_/sdjh0qnhjttjkvni/wish/2775163641 2023-11-03 11:15:46 UTC https://padlet.com/jik40_/sdjh0qnhjttjkvni/wish/2775163641 •There were portions of the speech where Ryan does not remember what he was actually saying. jik40_ https://padlet.com/jik40_/sdjh0qnhjttjkvni/wish/2775164082 2023-11-03 11:16:20 UTC https://padlet.com/jik40_/sdjh0qnhjttjkvni/wish/2775164082 •He got a standing ovation after his last speech jik40_ https://padlet.com/jik40_/sdjh0qnhjttjkvni/wish/2775164522 2023-11-03 11:16:47 UTC https://padlet.com/jik40_/sdjh0qnhjttjkvni/wish/2775164522 Ryan threw away the paper and began speaking on his own off of the cuff jik40_ https://padlet.com/jik40_/sdjh0qnhjttjkvni/wish/2775165048 2023-11-03 11:17:19 UTC https://padlet.com/jik40_/sdjh0qnhjttjkvni/wish/2775165048 Ryan made points on how his team generally would not have the right to speak in places like this, and that legitimate room for his voice was not being made by the debate community jik40_ https://padlet.com/jik40_/sdjh0qnhjttjkvni/wish/2775166774 2023-11-03 11:19:21 UTC https://padlet.com/jik40_/sdjh0qnhjttjkvni/wish/2775166774 Argued that in a place like debate, black people do not have the right to speak, and that in his place, he would give everyone the ability to voice their opinions jik40_ https://padlet.com/jik40_/sdjh0qnhjttjkvni/wish/2775167540 2023-11-03 11:20:17 UTC https://padlet.com/jik40_/sdjh0qnhjttjkvni/wish/2775167540 Not only was he more persuasive, it seemed like what he was saying came from the soul jik40_ https://padlet.com/jik40_/sdjh0qnhjttjkvni/wish/2775168127 2023-11-03 11:21:00 UTC https://padlet.com/jik40_/sdjh0qnhjttjkvni/wish/2775168127 After most of the speech was over, he gave a brief statement as to why they should vote affirmative. People were already clapping for him jik40_ https://padlet.com/jik40_/sdjh0qnhjttjkvni/wish/2775169415 2023-11-03 11:22:28 UTC https://padlet.com/jik40_/sdjh0qnhjttjkvni/wish/2775169415 The Judge believed that Ryan was more convincing than any of NU's people and speeches, so this speech was what gave them the win jik40_ https://padlet.com/jik40_/sdjh0qnhjttjkvni/wish/2775170223 2023-11-03 11:23:27 UTC https://padlet.com/jik40_/sdjh0qnhjttjkvni/wish/2775170223