Difference between revisions of "Disadvantages"

[[====Impact Defense====]]: this argument says that the negative’s impact will either not happen or is overhyped (e.g. economic collapse does not cause war).

[[====Impact Turns====]]: impact turns say that the impact to the disadvantage is actually good (e.g. economic collapse is good --- it doesn’t cause war, but it does prevent climate change).

Straight turns are the most strategic response to a DA, but they’re a little tricky.  A straight turn consists of reading EITHER (but not both!) a [[====Link Turns|link turn====]] or an [[====Impact Turns|impact turn====]] on a DA, and no defense.  Since link turns and impact turns provide offense on the DA, the negative cannot concede out of the disadvantage and go for a different argument in the 2NR, but instead must answer the straight turn.  The most strategic 2N/ARs are ones that prioritize and win one or two arguments and explain why those arguments are the most important arguments in the round.  This process of choosing one or two arguments to go for is called “collapsing” (since one is “collapsing” the round down to the most important issues).  In order to do this, since most 1NCs contain multiple DAs, the negative will concede defense in the 2NR and just focus on one DA.  While this might seem counter-intuitive, it becomes incredibly strategic.  To illustrate this, here’s an example: