> If the debate were actually about these topics that would be another story. It is. Kritiks are not new, they've been around forever, and they're incredibly i

> If the debate were actually about these topics that would be another story. It is. Kritiks are not new, they've been around forever, and they're incredibly important. They have to directly "link" to the Aff plan or speech, or to the Topic. There are plenty of generic shells to run about "K-Aff that links to squo is unfair/cannot solve/abusive/etc". This article is pushing a political agenda, and using just enough cherry-picked and misrepresented jargon to bamboozle non-policy debaters.