Thank you for clarifying some of the conduct of this website. I will specify this further in my initial argument but this debate is to assess overall impact of each candidate. Trust me, I have plans for any arguments about abortion etc. that will not stonewall the progress of the debate. As for arguments like "Are undocumented immigrants more or less likely to commit rape as native born citizens?". There is research on topics like this. If a topic comes up with no statistics for example, then it would fall on expert opinion and beyond that anything else is unclear and would remain a weak point probably only based off weak anecdotal evidence so I would hope voters recognize this. I will call out any poor sources CON may use to refute any arguments constructed from said sources.
I will clarify in my first arguement what counts as derailed. Yes the debate voters may not act according but that could happen regardless of any rules I put in place. I consider empirically false statements about race, sex, etc. to be derailed beliefs. I don't consider the argument you noted as being a derailed racist beliefs, because as you said it isn't empirically false, but it is just a weak argument not based in fact and therefore becomes more of a subjective opinion. If con were to bring such an argument forward I would simply refute it due to lack of evidence.
Any extreme racist or sexist arguments will be completely disregarded and will not count towards the debate. If con makes these arguments I will not respond to them and anyone voting in this debate should ignore them as they violate the rules of the debate.
Thank you for clarifying some of the conduct of this website. I will specify this further in my initial argument but this debate is to assess overall impact of each candidate. Trust me, I have plans for any arguments about abortion etc. that will not stonewall the progress of the debate. As for arguments like "Are undocumented immigrants more or less likely to commit rape as native born citizens?". There is research on topics like this. If a topic comes up with no statistics for example, then it would fall on expert opinion and beyond that anything else is unclear and would remain a weak point probably only based off weak anecdotal evidence so I would hope voters recognize this. I will call out any poor sources CON may use to refute any arguments constructed from said sources.
I will clarify in my first arguement what counts as derailed. Yes the debate voters may not act according but that could happen regardless of any rules I put in place. I consider empirically false statements about race, sex, etc. to be derailed beliefs. I don't consider the argument you noted as being a derailed racist beliefs, because as you said it isn't empirically false, but it is just a weak argument not based in fact and therefore becomes more of a subjective opinion. If con were to bring such an argument forward I would simply refute it due to lack of evidence.
Any extreme racist or sexist arguments will be completely disregarded and will not count towards the debate. If con makes these arguments I will not respond to them and anyone voting in this debate should ignore them as they violate the rules of the debate.