Dictator Debaters Mugs

"Just remember, you could end up just like me. . . dead and hanging upside down at a gas station. . ."

"O.K., O.K., people - we're not workshopping these, they're already set in stone."

Dialogue

Changing Minds

"Strawman argument terrorises conversation... News at eleven."

"Now that's a win."

"That's six 'noes' and one 'aye', the ayes have it"

"Mainstream? Who's to say what's mainstream?"

"I wonder how many people are claiming to be your messiah right now?"

Oz Debating Society. You can't refute everything I say just by call it a "straw man" argument.

"Mr. Pope, please give this summons to your boss. The prosecutor wants to know how god can allow so much misery."

"Ever notice how grateful people are when you present them with facts contrary to their beliefs?"

The Church of DanaeDanaeism: 'And let such sacrilege go uncontested? Never! I demand equal time for alternate explanations of things.'

"On the contrary, Bosworth, it's YOU who has lost all perspective."

'I'm now going to open the floor to questions.'

Like Minded

A bunch of global warming skeptics want to join eco club. It's a school organization. You have to let them in. But they just want to harass us with selective facts! Today: Eco club. So? Debate is good. You have :An Inconvenient Truth" to counter their arguments. Oh. Great. Now we'll have to read it.

Debating Society. I can accept that money is speech as long as we can agree that some spending is like yelling fire in a theater.

You're on "Ask Sadie." What's your problem?! Super delegates. A candidate could win the most votes in the primaries but lose anyway of the superdelegates want someone else! Can you believe that? Oh stop yer sniveling. In my day, the parties chose candidates in smoke-filled backrooms without even pretending the people get a vote. At least this charade gets you out of the house. Gets the blood pumping. I guess.

And now, for a rebuttal.

Sermon - why our religion is really better than yours.

"If we can put a man on the moon, why can't we admit that the moon landing was a big conspiracy?"

"In the spirit of compromise, Canada is willing to offer any state of the United States, sanctuary if they wish to secede."

Approved Debate Questions

'My opponent hates cats.'

Abortion Rights Are Doomed Now and It's Largely the Democrats' Fault

Global warming debate.

Nearly a third of the earth's life-forms have gone extinct. Cut! Stop with all the facts. This is debate club! But we're using a cable tv talk show format! What should I say? Unsupported opinions

John Newman

The last word.

If You Can't Beat Them

Today on the Ask Sadie Show, we'll be addressing one single topic: Wondering. In my day, when a body said I wonder why dust bunnies are called dust bunnies, it led to all sorts of delightful speculation. We could while away hours debating whether it was a marketing ploy by big broom ... or whether it dated back to Napoleon, who had a fetish for dirty rabbits. And if we were lucky, opinions could get so heated that fisticuffs would ensue. Wondering is just one of many lovely human experiences utt

Woke Jersey Shore

Sen. Krupt. Your vote should never be for sale. It's much more efficient to rent it out!

Debate Club Note