BASIC OF DEBATE Rebuttals

Structures1. Sign PostTo identify your rebuttals.2. SummarizeSummarize point of opponent that you want to rebut (1 sentence).3. RebuttalDeliver your rebuttal with adequate reasons after all. Types1. NegationCounter Arguments of opponent. Main rebuttal that mostly should you bring.E.g.: THS abortionsOpponent: Mother has right to do with their babies.Rebuttal: Mother has NO right to do with their babies.2. IrrelevanceTheir goal and argument are not synchronous or their argument false based on current condition.E.g.: THW give dead penalty for corruptorsOpponent: to empower the human right of people.Rebuttal: implicitly say that corruptors have No Right to live. It shows the irrelevance with their argument that wants to empower the human right.3. Backlash (Counter Productive)It will worse on their arguments/proposal and well-combined with Negation rebuttal.E.g.: THBT feminism should support fathers rightOpponent: to empower the role of feminism.Rebuttal: degrade the value of feminism (show incapability of women).4. Inconsistency/ContradictionsThere is distinction in a teams arguments/goal or possibility distinction point of argument that clash to previous arguments.E.g.: THW use death penalty to discourage serial killersOpponent: serial killer are crazy psychopath who do not care about living or dying.Rebuttal: if serial killer dont care about dying, of course they will not be discouraged by the death penalty.5. Not mutually exclusiveTheir arguments can exist in both negative and positive team.E.g.: THW implement targeted killing to terrorismOpponent: terrorism threatening peoples, kill many peoples.Rebuttal: terrorism will always threatening peoples, no matter what the punishment.6. Trade-offLast player of rebuttals, there is another thing that much important.E.g.: THW give tax break for sport competition without cigarette advertisementOpponent: health promotion should be incentive by government.Rebuttal: there is another priority should be handled by government, e.g. education, health institutions, etc. Dont1. Dont Do One-Liners2. Dont just rebuttals3. Dont Ask Rhetorical Questions Do1. Do Attack New Argument first2. Do Complete the Attack3. Develop Rebuttals4. Push to Other End