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Criminality in African-American communities can entirely be attributed to socio-economic factors.
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After 4 votes and with 22 points ahead, the winner is...
AustinL0926
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Description
Definitions:
Criminality: the quality or state of being criminal
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/criminality
African American: an American of African and especially of Black African descent
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/African%20American
Socioeconomic: of, relating to, or involving a combination of social and economic factors
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/socioeconomic
I believe that disproportionate criminality in African-American communities is entirely a consequence of socioeconomic factors.
Round 1
Forfeited
Clearly, the affirmative side needs to present some argument, since they're making a claim dealing in absolutes. I'll pass this round, since my case as the negative is based on refutation.
Round 2
Forfeited
Still waiting...
Round 3
Forfeited
Well then. BoP still on PRO.
Round 4
Forfeited
The resolution, due to the use of "entirely," in effect means:
All crime in African-American communities is caused entirely by, and only by, socioeconomic factors.
This is obviously a false statement, as can be proven by the following syllogism:
P1: Some crime in African-American communities is caused partially by mental illness. (valid by truism - mental illness must be a contributing factor to at least some crimes)
P2: Mental illness is not always a socioeconomic factor. (valid by truism - although socioeconomic factors can contribute to mental illness, a large part is genetic)
C1: Some crime in African-American communities is partially caused by non-socioeconomic factors. (logically follows)
C2: Not all crime in African-American communities is solely caused by socioeconomic factors. (follows from the previous statement)
Therefore, the resolution is negated. Vote CON!
I figured
BTW I wasn't the one who reported that vote, it would be pointless anyway.
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Because I knew it would get under your skin 😂
Y no conduct points
Thank you for keeping archives. I will need them if the site goes down. There is a one term limit here and so I can't run again and the candidate I support and whose campaign I secretly run will be advised to keep their distance from me and to openly disavow me.
FYI don't even try it, because I have an archive of hundreds of your posts from here and DDO.
You may be a weird guy, but I appreciate your consistency.
In this debate, I would as a voter assume shared BOP.
I appreciate that, but my main goal is to have you go on record saying something that could potentially be misconstrued as racist so I can use it to discredit you next presidential election, so my preferred candidate wins
Yea, obviously I'll put smth in the fourth round about mental illnesses or the like - I technically don't need to, but some voters tend to assume the bop is shared.
It could just be like a one sentence premise. A bare assertion
I consider myself an efficient lazy person.
You should at least give one premise for your position.
Wylted is the first Jamaican president of Dart.
What do you mean by there is no race (shorthand terminology referring to skin color)?
I'm saying black people don't inherently have a different prefrontal cortex than anyone else, and that testosterone has not been linked to crime in years.
The prefrontal cortex in every rece is the same size, because there's no "races."
https://www.mentalhealthjournal.org/articles/prefrontal-cortex-response-to-threat-race-by-age-variation-in-9-10-year-old-children.html
https://psychnews.psychiatryonline.org/doi/full/10.1176/appi.pn.2020.8a16
Are you saying the prefrontal cortex isn't the portion of the brain that is responsible for impulse control and that high testosterone males are not more likely to commit crimes?
Judging by many of his past comments, I'm pretty sure he's not joking.
I sincerely hope you're joking.
Your hormones and brain structure don't make you a criminal. That stuff has been debunked since the 90s.
Hope I didn't influence the debate. I was thinking of accepting so thinking out loud about tactics before I knew it was accepted
Hope I didn't influence the debate. I was thinking of accepting so thinking out loud about tactics before I knew it was accepted
I also hope frontal lobe development is the exact same in blacks as non blacks and that the frontal lobe has zero correlation with impulse control that can effect rates of crime
I certainly hope there are zero genes or hormones linked to violence that are more common in African Americans than non blacks