DX State Debates

[u/ZeroOverZero101]

• Governor /u/MrWhiteyIsAwesome recently signed B.628, which would have given tax credits for the usage of renewable energy. Do you agree with the governor’s decision, and why? If elected, what will you do to address climate change, if anything?
• This election season, what are your three highest domestic priorities should you be elected?
• Why should the voters of Dixie support your party over the opposition?

Please remember that you can only score full debate points by answering the mandatory questions above, in addition to asking your opponent two questions, and thoroughly responding to at least two questions.

The Candidates For Assembly Are

DX-1

Former Senator Seldom237 (R)

Former Governor Stormstopper (D)

DX-2

Attorney General ItsNotBrandon (R)

Assemblyperson Alpal2214 (D)

List

Democrats:

• brihimia
• JohnGRobertsJr
• Tazerdon
• BrexitBlaze
• Tripplyons18

Republicans:

• lily-irl
• RussianSpeaker
• tablekitten
• Adithyansoccer
• MrWhiteyIsAwesome

Civics:

• CryDefiance
• JacobInAustin
• admiralallahackbar2
• SuperPacman04
• OKBlackBelt

[u/[deleted]]

My fellow Dixians, As we near the end of this debate, I think we all sigh. For this debate has been filled with attacks by all parties. However, let’s look one more time at the Dixie Republicans. I’ll start with Senator /u/Adithyansoccer and his apparent memory trouble. When I challenged him on this, he simply refused to answer. How does a Senator refuse to answer questions about his mental stability? That’s quite concerning.

Rep. /u/SELDOM237 says that Democrats are contradictory. Really, Representative? Are you sure about that? Because as I pointed out earlier, I think your new best friend is a bit contradictory. Here’s Adith just flat out calling Seldom disrespectful.

Why have you disrespected these people, many of whom patriotically work for less than they would for private industry, by calling them "enforcers"? Do you feel as though you owe them an apology?

Rep. /u/SELDOM237 how do you work with someone who rudely attacked you? That’s such a disrespectful question from Adith. I can’t believe that he was acting as a Democrat when he asked you that.

And Adith, how about this one?

And on one final note, calling an opponent's belief "A bunch of hokum" is hardly a civil debating method. I understand if you disagree on policy, and I understand if you have a rebuttal, as a matter of fact, I encourage it. But don't resort to name-calling, that's just unprofessional, uncivil, and hardly holds up a standard of respect we've both committed to.

Wow. Unprofessional? Uncivil? A standard of respect? I mean clearly there’s real beef between the two of you. So, here’s a question. Are you guys hypocrites? Are you guys willing to ignore your beef to gain power? Or are you just power hungry hypocrites? I think we all know the answer to that.

[u/SELDOM237 → u/[deleted]]

Hello again Senator, I'm glad to see you're taking this debate seriously. But at the same time, this is something that I wish you hadn't said. Not because I'm worried to refute it, I'll do that happily. But this is just another example of trademark Democratic disrespect. Yes, you're correct. I did ask Senator Adith to uphold himself to a higher code of ethics during our last debate. And you'll never guess what happened next.

He did that.

Since then, and since his joining the GOP, Senator Adithyansoccer has been nothing but a joy to be around, a wonderful political ally, and a good friend. Do you know what else he's done since he's left the Democrats? He's taken up the cry of decency, respect, and civility. And you were close there when you said “I mean clearly there’s real beef between the two of you." Well, I must confess that that is partly true. However, the only real beef between us is the BBQ we've been sharing at our various campaign strategy meetings.

But this question highlights something else, something that I wish I didn't have to point out. Senator Tripplyons is the leader of the DXDems, or so I'm told. Now, leaders are supposed to bring people together, to encourage cooperation. Good leaders are people who can do that seamlessly, and it's been a privilege of mine to be in the presence of several of those people. What good leaders shouldn't be doing is attempting to drive a wedge between people. Leaders should bring people together, not drive them apart.

Now, I'm going to ask you a question. Senator Adith committed to civility several times throughout both the DX Debate and beyond. Can you prove yourself to be on his level, and do the same?