Difference between revisions of "Theory"

Theory debate is a type of debate where debaters attempt to prove that their opponents are damaging the debate round itself, usually through arguments like fairness and education. Strategically, theory can usually take the highest layer of the round as debaters will claim that it is a prior question of being able to continue the round e.g. “if the debate round was so unfair/uneducational we cannot deb ate in the first place.” Theory can also be run as a time suck since it can be condensed into a short paragraph and multiple short shells can be run at a time, causing it to be extremely advantageous since each theory shell can impact out to dropping the other team.