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debate report (Karlstack)
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Date: June 19th, 2026 2:34 PM Author: Karlstack ( ) it wasn't livestreamed... it will be released on YouTube next week
Introduction Statements: Crushed my 5 minute statement about liberty and the founding fathers and the practical realities of what disenfranchising 95% of American adults would mean. My opponent's opening statement weirdly focused a lot on me being Canadian. He kept trying to bring up Canada the whole debate, shitting on Canada, and I brushed it aside and never took the bait.
Open Debate Round 1: I think this was my weakest section, he pushed me around a bit and repeatedly steered the conversation to high minded ideals like rights, privileges, responsibility, duty, honor entitlement, etc. This wasn't my strong suit and I froze up a couple times. Even when I write substacks, I am not good at preaching about big picture ideas, I typically thrive when I narrow in on one practical story.
Open Debate Round 2: This was much stronger for me, I was more comfortable and assertive and talked over him and pushed him around a bit, and importantly I steered the conversation completely away from high minded ideals to the practical reality (economic distortions, voting outcomes, etc.) of what would happen if 95% of Americans were disenfranchised... I made a strong case that a military electorate would be the most radical social experiment ever conducted, and yes, democracy is imperfect, but not so imperfect that it's worth blowing up western civilization / the status quo over
Moderator crossfire round: I think I won this round too, because it was mostly about definitions, and my opponent repeatedly kept trying to redefine or widen the scope of "military service" to "national service" that includes FEMA, volunteering, firefighting etc. but I shut that down and said he was weaseling out of the prompt, which was just about military service, not national service
Closing statement: I brought up ancient Sparta, Starship troopers, freedom, morality, political agency, what makes a good voter, wisdom, etc. and it went well. He focused on, like, "Oh should children be allowed to vote? Should a driving test be required to drive? Should children be allowed to drive?" and it was pretty retarded
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Date: June 19th, 2026 2:36 PM Author: Consuela Congrats, it’s good that you got some public speaking experience
Not a big fan of the topic tho |
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Date: June 19th, 2026 2:37 PM Author: Karlstack ( ) it was really good experience public speaking. After the first 15 minutes I was flowing much more freely and much more confident (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5875612&forum_id=2],#49948987) |
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Date: June 19th, 2026 2:38 PM Author: Frutiger Aero you can tell me when it's over, was the prize worth the pain |
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Date: June 19th, 2026 2:53 PM Author: Fucking Fuckface (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5875612&forum_id=2],#49949077) |
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Date: June 19th, 2026 2:38 PM Author: aqua jeet (🧐) "He focused on, like, "Oh should children be allowed to vote? Should a driving test be required to drive? Should children be allowed to drive?" and it was pretty retarded"
bro if u didnt win this round u need to grow a beard asap |
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Date: June 19th, 2026 2:38 PM Author: Howard Nutlick's demonic giggle 1800000, excited to watch. so how does the winner get determined? great job putting yourself out there and developing your skills, no matter what happens. (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5875612&forum_id=2],#49948994) |
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Date: June 19th, 2026 2:40 PM Author: Karlstack ( ) it will be put on Youtube in a week or so, and there will be a 48 hour voting period to determine who moves onto the next round (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5875612&forum_id=2],#49949009) |
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Date: June 19th, 2026 2:49 PM Author: Howard Nutlick's demonic giggle all ten poasters will vote for you no matter what 💯
also, THE PEOPLE ARE DEMANDING that you and I have a public debate, as I'm also trying to develop that skill. I'm going to be starting a Twitch stream soon where the concept is "choose my position and debate me" but I've never actually debated real-time before. |
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Date: June 19th, 2026 2:50 PM Author: Karlstack ( ) I am open to a public debate if we can find a good topic
maybe "Canada should be the 51st state" |
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Date: June 19th, 2026 2:52 PM Author: Howard Nutlick's demonic giggle sounds 180, do you want pro or con? (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5875612&forum_id=2],#49949069) |
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Date: June 19th, 2026 2:52 PM Author: Karlstack ( ) con
I am really busy with irl duties for the next week or two but I will be free in a couple weeks |
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Date: June 19th, 2026 2:54 PM Author: Howard Nutlick's demonic giggle sounds good to me! I'll be thinking about it in the back of my mind but won't start formally preparing or whatever (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5875612&forum_id=2],#49949078) |
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Date: June 19th, 2026 2:55 PM Author: Karlstack ( ) email me if you want to set up logistics: chrisbrunet@protonmail.com (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5875612&forum_id=2],#49949081) |
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Date: June 19th, 2026 2:56 PM Author: Fucking Fuckface You two need to livestream this so we can watch/critique/vote (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5875612&forum_id=2],#49949083) |
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Date: June 19th, 2026 3:02 PM Author: Howard Nutlick's demonic giggle oh for sure. this will be for y'all's amusement as much as for our own practice (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5875612&forum_id=2],#49949100) |
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Date: June 19th, 2026 3:03 PM Author: Howard Nutlick's demonic giggle emailed! sent my irl identity for reciprocity (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5875612&forum_id=2],#49949104) |
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Date: June 19th, 2026 2:39 PM Author: No Paye No Gain 180 on starship troopers (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5875612&forum_id=2],#49948999) |
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Date: June 19th, 2026 2:55 PM Author: Fucking Fuckface Hey man, great job. Sounds like you got what you wanted out of it and didn't let us down. Wish it had been live streamed, but will watch it when it comes out
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Date: June 19th, 2026 2:58 PM Author: ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, THIS IS not SPARTA! (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5875612&forum_id=2],#49949091) |
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Date: June 19th, 2026 3:02 PM Author: military dictatorship nationalism Lol universal suffrage is actually a much more radical Social Experiment than only military members "voting" (that's literally what the aristocracy was before the modern era)
Sounds like you just did a lot better prep than he did and thought about the rhetorical presentation better than he did. Good job. Can't wait to not watch the debate at all and vote for you as the winner |
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Date: June 19th, 2026 3:12 PM Author: imlutheranbtw (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5875612&forum_id=2],#49949133) |
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Date: June 19th, 2026 3:16 PM Author: Fucking Fuckface Dude, you're dumb. We get it. You don't need to keep running around like you've got all the answers that you conveniently won't share but that we should all just trust you because it's so obvious and lopsided in your head (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5875612&forum_id=2],#49949149) |
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Date: June 19th, 2026 3:07 PM Author: Richard Ames Did you use the secret XO code word? (Scamdaddi) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5875612&forum_id=2],#49949119) |
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Date: June 19th, 2026 3:12 PM Author: imlutheranbtw (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5875612&forum_id=2],#49949135) |
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Date: June 19th, 2026 3:28 PM Author: aqua jeet (🧐) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5875612&forum_id=2],#49949198) |
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Date: June 19th, 2026 3:08 PM Author: imlutheranbtw reality (economic distortions tp (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5875612&forum_id=2],#49949122) |
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Date: June 19th, 2026 3:20 PM Author: Judas Jones He won the debate with "Are you Canadian, my man?" (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5875612&forum_id=2],#49949156) |
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Date: June 19th, 2026 3:21 PM Author: imlutheranbtw (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5875612&forum_id=2],#49949162) |
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Date: June 19th, 2026 3:21 PM Author: military dictatorship nationalism (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5875612&forum_id=2],#49949164) |
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Date: June 19th, 2026 3:22 PM Author: So we looked at the data (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5875612&forum_id=2],#49949170) |
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Date: June 19th, 2026 6:17 PM Author: Karlstack ( ) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5875612&forum_id=2],#49949832) |
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Date: June 19th, 2026 6:21 PM Author: my dog can log into xo more often than I can (thanks, Rach!) (http://www.autoadmit.com/thread.php?thread_id=5875612&forum_id=2],#49949844) |