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Opposes
topic 1:Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right
(-3 points on Social scale) | Feminists are pro-choice as an avenue of power over men: Opposes topic 1 Roe v. Wade is bad law; let states decide: Opposes topic 1 Women obsessed with abortion & intolerance are “feminazis”: Neutral on topic 1 |
Opposes
topic 2:Legally require hiring women & minorities
(+2 points on Economic scale) | Call NBA teams "gangs"; fans go to watch Crips vs. Bloods: Opposes topic 2 Feminism gives unattractive women access to mainstream: Strongly Opposes topic 2 Feminazis say all sex is rape, even the sex in marriage: Strongly Opposes topic 2 N.O.W. supports liberal feminists, not women in general: Opposes topic 2 Chivalry is male chauvinism to radical feminists: Neutral on topic 2 Men ogling women is part of gender equality: Neutral on topic 2 Do not subject women to the horrors of combat: Opposes topic 2 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 3:Comfortable with same-sex marriage
(-5 points on Social scale) | America's not ready for a gay candidate kissing his husband: Strongly Opposes topic 3 1995: AIDS is the only federally-protected virus: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Marriage is between one man and one woman: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Don’t encourage homosexuality by teaching it in grade school: Opposes topic 3 No gays in army; not a place for social experiments: Strongly Opposes topic 3 Drug abuse & unsafe sex cause AIDS, not homophobia: Opposes topic 3 |
Strongly Favors
topic 4:Keep God in the public sphere
(-5 points on Social scale) | War on poverty has failed; welfare destroys human potential: Favors topic 4 Constitution only works in a moral society: Favors topic 4 Establishment clause does not preclude school prayer: Strongly Favors topic 4 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 5:Expand ObamaCare
(+5 points on Economic scale) | We've never shut down for illness before; it's political: Strongly Opposes topic 5 The coronavirus is the common cold, weaponized against Trump: Strongly Opposes topic 5 FactCheck: No, ObamaCare has no effect on capital in economy: Strongly Opposes topic 5 Deregulate health care; government is the problem: Strongly Opposes topic 5 |
No opinion on
topic 6:Privatize Social Security
(0 points on Economic scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
Strongly Favors
topic 7:Vouchers for school choice
(+5 points on Economic scale) | Parents are tired of sending kids to inferiror schools: Favors topic 7 Vigorously promote educational choice and vouchers: Strongly Favors topic 7 |
Strongly Favors
topic 8:Fight EPA regulatory over-reach
(-5 points on Social scale) | 2007: Phasing out incandescent light bulbs is nanny state: Strongly Favors topic 8 FactCheck: No, forest acreage is not higher than ever: Strongly Favors topic 8 Animal rights movement is secular humanism vs. Bible: Strongly Favors topic 8 Priority on people, not on spotted owls: Strongly Favors topic 8 |
Strongly Favors
topic 9:Stricter punishment reduces crime
(-5 points on Social scale) | Only thing cruel about death penalty is last-minute stays: Strongly Favors topic 9 |
Strongly Favors
topic 10:Absolute right to gun ownership
(+5 points on Economic scale) | Handguns enhance safety & reduce crime rates: Strongly Favors topic 10 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 11:Higher taxes on the wealthy
(+5 points on Economic scale) | JFK believed in tax cuts to stimulate economy: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Capitalists give you jobs; don't assault them: Opposes topic 11 No trigger on tax cuts, “trigger lock” instead: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Targeted tax cuts make middle-class beholden to liberals: Strongly Opposes topic 11 Tax fairness is simple: Give our money back: Strongly Opposes topic 11 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 12:Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens
(-5 points on Social scale) | Illegal immigration is an invasion, breakdown of rule of law: Strongly Opposes topic 12 Legal immigrants should join together in common culture: Strongly Opposes topic 12 2005: Mexican illegal immigrants are an invasive species: Opposes topic 12 Enforce the law, secure the borders, and legalize some: Opposes topic 12 |
Strongly Favors
topic 13:Support & expand free trade
(+5 points on Economic scale) | Support for NAFTA cited in 1993 Gore-Perot debate: Strongly Favors topic 13 NAFTA lets unskilled Mexicans do our unskilled labor: Strongly Favors topic 13 |
No opinion on
topic 14:Support American Exceptionalism
(0 points on Economic scale) | (No votes on which to base response) |
Favors
topic 15:Expand the military
(-3 points on Social scale) | Fiscal cliff cuts defense without any political price: Favors topic 15 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 16:Make voter registration easier
(-5 points on Social scale) | Citizens United gives corporations same rights as unions: Strongly Opposes topic 16 |
Opposes
topic 17:Avoid foreign entanglements
(-3 points on Social scale) | Claimed WMDs in Iraq even after Bush admitted no WMDs: Strongly Opposes topic 17 Democrats want war in Iraq to fail: Opposes topic 17 Gorbachev’s ouster gives world peace a chance; end Gorbasms: Neutral on topic 17 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 18:Prioritize green energy
(+5 points on Economic scale) | Climate change is a hoax: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Cap-and-trade is a conspiracy to benefit Wall Street: Strongly Opposes topic 18 OpEd: Country's leading denier of global climate change: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Global warming is a religion; only God can destroy earth: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Global warming is bogus: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Let’s count all the disproven environmental myths: Strongly Opposes topic 18 Animals have no fundamental rights; only people do: Opposes topic 18 Economic growth is key to environmental cleanup: Favors topic 18 |
Strongly Favors
topic 19:Marijuana is a gateway drug
(-5 points on Social scale) | Anti-smoking campaigners will celebrate legal marijuana: Favors topic 19 Laws against selling drugs and using drugs are good laws: Strongly Favors topic 19 |
Strongly Opposes
topic 20:Stimulus better than market-led recovery
(+5 points on Economic scale) | At Obama's inauguration: "I hope he fails": Opposes topic 20 FactCheck: No, 5.7% decline in '09 was before stimulus began: Strongly Opposes topic 20 1980s tax cuts created jobs by “trickle down”: Strongly Opposes topic 20 |
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