counterplans 201
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Counterplans 201. Neg’s Best Friend. What are Counterplans ?. A counterplan is a competitive policy option to the affirmative plan. What is a Competitive Policy Option?. It is a policy that either Creates a forced choice with the affirmative plan (is MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE) and/or - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Counterplans 201
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Neg’s Best Friend
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A counterplan is a competitive policy option to the affirmative plan
What are Counterplans?
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It is a policy that either◦ Creates a forced choice with the affirmative plan
(is MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE) and/or◦ Is not desirable to be implemented alongside the
plan (net beneficial)
What is a Competitive Policy Option?
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The status quo is bad Affirmatives will (or at least should) choose
to defend the (allegedly) best topical policy option
Taking out the entire case is either often hard (the aff is right) and/or time intensive (requires lots of evidence)
Hedge against add-on advantages
Why Run a Counterplan
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Agent: adopts virtually the same policy as the aff using a different actor
Mechanism: attempts to solve the aff harms using a different policy approach
Process: alter some way the plan mandates are implemented (normal means)—consult, condition, steal the funding/offsets ,etc.
Mutually exclusive: policy options that are PRECLUDED by the plan that the neg claims are just better (now rare)
Types of Counterplans
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Bad old days: neg only gets the status quo (but at least they had inherency?)
Reciprocity kicks in: if the aff gets a plan, the neg should get one too (non-topical, non-PIC, mutually exlusive counterplan)
Game theory: neg gets net beneficial counterplans (non-topical, non-PIC)
Modern: neg gets any net beneficial policy option
How Did We Get Counterplans?
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Can a counterplan be TOPICAL? What makes a counterplan COMPETITIVE? Can a counterplan be plan-INCLUSIVE? What is the counterplan’s STATUS? Can a counterplan CONTRADICT other
arguments? Must a counterplan be offered in the 1NC? Can a negative advance MULTIPLE
counterplans? Must a counterplan use the SAME ACTOR?
Major Counterplan Issues
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What would debate look like if counterplans were not allowed to be topical?
Topical counterplans are OK because:◦ Predictable◦ Aff an use own research against◦ Are real world◦ Encourage topic clash and research
Topicality
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Two accepted methods◦ Mutual exclusivity◦ Net benefits
Other (poor) methods◦ Philosophical◦ Normal means◦ Textual exclusivity
Counterplan Compeititon
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Under what circumstances can the negative get rid of the counterplan?◦ UNCONDITIONAL—’til death do you part◦ DISPOSITIONAL—anytime the neg wants UNLESS
the counterplan is straight-turned◦ CONDITIONAL—whenever the neg wants
Counterplan Status
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Is it okay for counterplans to contradict other negative arguments◦ YES: laboratory/hypothesis testing model◦ NO: advocacy model
Counterplan Consistency
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Must a counterplan be read in the 1NC, if at all?◦ Yes: Aff fantasy land◦ No: neg rational world
How many counterplans?
Counterplan Placement & Number
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Is the counterplan durable? Can counterplans fiat other actors?
◦ Other levels of domestic government◦ Private individuals and institutions◦ Governments of other nations◦ Intergovernmental organizations
Can a counterplan be fiat contingent (if/then)?
Can a counterplan be initiated in the future?
Questions of Fiat
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States Privatization
Major Topic Counterplans