17Rebuttal Strategy (1AR/NR/2AR) and Collapsing

Answer everything in 1AR, collapse cleanly in NR, tell a simple ballot story in 2AR.

  • 1AR: procedural layers first; extend warranted offense; weigh early.
  • NR: pick one layer or the cleanest path; kick explicitly; weigh your layer as decisive.
  • 2AR: 1–2 voters; start with framing; end with ballot instruction.

Examples

  • NR collapse: “K + FW decide the round—perm fails because alt rejects policy calculus; even under their VC we outweigh on reversibility.”
  • 2AR story: “Under Justice → Protect Rights, preventing rights violations now outweighs speculative harms—sign Aff.”