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Moving the goalposts (or shifting the goalposts) is a metaphor, derived from goal-based sports such as football and hockey, that means to change the rule or criterion ("goal") of a process or competition while it is still in progress, in such a way that the new goal offers one side an advantage or disadvantage.
The political commentator Joshua Treviño has postulated that the six degrees of acceptance of public ideas are roughly: [7] unthinkable; radical; acceptable; sensible; popular; policy; The Overton window is an approach to identifying the ideas that define the spectrum of acceptability of governmental policies.
Moving the goalposts (raising the bar) – argument in which evidence presented in response to a specific claim is dismissed and some other (often greater) evidence is demanded. Nirvana fallacy (perfect-solution fallacy) – solutions to problems are rejected because they are not perfect.
A small group of protesters supporting net neutrality protest against a plan by FCC head Ajit Pai, during a protest outside a Verizon store on December 7, 2017, in Los Angeles.
This can often be accomplished during the cross-examination or the prep time preceding the next speech. The 1NC requires flow filling because they need to flow what issues they are going to argue ('take') in the 1NR and the 2AC needs flow filling because they need a flow of these arguments so that they can carry the argument to the end of the ...
Vice President Kamala Harris plans to deliver a final-stretch closing argument address next week at the same location her rival delivered a fiery speech on January 6, 2021 that set in motion the ...
Harris delivered a "closing argument" speech at the same spot Trump held his January 6 rally. It was the VP's last chance at crystallizing the message of her short-lived campaign.
The Second Affirmative Constructive (2AC) is the second speech given by the affirmative team, the third speech in the round, given by the second affirmative speaker. The 2AC must answer all of the arguments read in the 1NC. If there is time remaining, the 2AC sometimes also includes add-ons, or additional advantage scenarios.