Debate yourself.
Take one resolution. Argue the Affirmative with everything you've got — then flip and argue the Negative just as hard, against yourself, on the clock. It's the single best drill there is, and the joke writes itself. The only debate you're guaranteed to win.
⚑ Your resolution
Affirmative — for it
Build the strongest case for the resolution. Not a cardboard version — the one that would actually convince a fair room.
Negative — against it
Now do the harder thing: the strongest case against — even if you believe the other side. Steelman, never strawman.
Notes save in this browser only — nothing leaves your machine. Space = start/pause · S = switch side · R = reset.
Why this is the drill
⚑ The point
You can't beat an argument you've only ever heard badly. When you're forced to write the strongest version of the side you disagree with, two things happen: you find the holes in your own case, and you stop seeing the other half of the room as stupid or evil. You see an argument. That's the whole cure for the straw man.
Real debaters get assigned their side — they don't get to pick. This drill is how you practice that alone: shuffle, take a breath, and argue the thing you'd never say at dinner. The better you can argue against yourself, the harder you are to fool.
When you're ready for the real thing — two humans, a clock, and a room that votes — it's all here: the McKendry Debate™, the live clock, and the People's Debate.
Drilled both sides? Take it to the room that votes — the People's Debate.
Drilled both sides? Send your prep to the coach — the button writes the email for you, with your work baked in. You send it.