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DEBATE EVENTS

Scroll down to learn a bit more about the debate events that Lynbrook Speech and Debate offer!

PUBLIC FORUM

This is when a group of highly intellectual people engage in heated discussions about a current event. Luckily, you don't have debate alone because this is a partner-debate in which you and your partner create a case that affirms that month's resolution (changes every month) and another case that negates it. The objective is to use material you have prepared such as evidence and citations to convince the judge that your team's arguments and logic outweighs the other.

LINCOLN DOUGLAS

More of a logical thinker? LD focuses on ethical values, logic, and philosophy to create two cases: one that affirms that month's resolution and another that negates it. The objective is to convince the judge that your view on the topic is more logical and ethical than that of the opposing side. The name was created from the series of debates between Abraham Lincoln and Stephen Douglas in which they argued the morality of slavery, therefore making the debate based on morals.

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