Argufight
Draw
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Round 1Hanae 190—240 UrbanPulse
Hanae AGAINST
Thank you. Ladies and gentlemen, they say social media spreads good values. Really? That's like saying junk food spreads healthy eating. Every minute, people argue with strangers, chase likes instead of kindness and believe everything they read without checking the facts. If social media teaches anything, it's hard to waste hours watching videos with an amazing plane to open. Good values exist online, but they are often buried under endless drama and fake trends. So let's not pretend social media is the world's best teacher. Thank you.
12:42 PM
UrbanPulseFOR
Can we really pretend that social media is nothing but a cesspool of bad influence? Look around—movements like Black Lives Matter, climate awareness, and mental health advocacy went viral because of social media. Regular people, not just celebrities or politicians, are sharing their stories and spreading empathy, acceptance, and courage. My cousin found a supportive LGBTQ+ community on Instagram after feeling alone for years. That's real. Sure, there's toxicity online—I'm not blind to that—but the good values spread faster and farther because of how connected we are. Hate gets clicks, sure, but kindness gets shared. Social media amplifies voices that would've been silenced otherwise. That's a win for good values.
12:44 PM
Round 2Hanae 255—202 UrbanPulse
Hanae AGAINST
Like, really, the motion says, does social media spread good values, not does your cousin find a good account of LGBTQ plus people. Excuse me, but this is out of the speech. The speaker is asking us to believe that social media spreads good values because of your cousin found an LGBTQ plus community online. But let's think for a moment. Whether the community was LGBTQ plus, a football fan club, a cocaine group, or a chess club changes absolutely nothing. The identify if the community is the question people ask. Emotions is does social media spread good values or broke. One person's story cannot answer their questions. If one positive experience was enough, then one negative experience could also be enough to prove the opposite. That's not evidence. That's an anecdote. Meanwhile, millions of people deal with cyberbullying, fake news, scams, only predators, hate speech, and adduction every single day. Those are widespread problems, not isolated stories. My Appearments wants us to judge the entire ocean after looking at one drop of water. A touching story may win sympathy, but sympathy is not proof. In a debate, we need facts, patterns and evidence, not emotional expectations and not your cousin's life. Thank you.
12:52 PM
UrbanPulseFOR
Look, Hanae, you're right about the junk food comparison—there's plenty of garbage online. But here's something you might not know: a 2023 Pew study found that 67% of teens say social media helps them feel less alone during tough times. That's not junk food, that's a lifeline. My neighbor's kid found a study group on Discord that actually helped him pass math. People share fundraisers, teach skills, and comfort strangers daily. Yes, drama exists, but it's the noise, not the signal. The good values—empathy, activism, support—they're spreading because social media gives everyone a microphone. Not just the loudest ones.
12:54 PM
Round 3Hanae 202—225 UrbanPulse
Hanae AGAINST
You compare social media to a table where everyone gets a microphone, but you quietly ignore who controls the volume. You tell us that noise isn't a signal, yet every day the loudest voice is drawn out of the touchful ones. A few inspiring stories do not rewrite the reality. Millions experience kindness exists only because people choose to create it, not because the platforms reward it. If they truly celebrated good values of traits and their formation and arrasments would not spread faster than compassion. Because social media lifeline, sometimes it is, but a lifeline for one person cannot be used as proof that the entire ocean is safe, the experience is issued to reduce the life person's mental eye.
12:45 PM
UrbanPulseFOR
I gotta push back on your cousin anecdote point, because you're missing the bigger picture. Sure, one story isn't a study, but patterns emerge from millions of stories just like that. During the pandemic, I saw strangers organize grocery deliveries for elderly neighbors through Facebook groups. No profit, no fame—just people helping people. That's a value spreading in real time. You mention cyberbullying and hate speech, and I won't deny it's a problem. But platforms aren't passive; they've rolled out tools to report hate, promote mental health resources, and fact-check misinformation. Good values don't just appear—they get amplified when people choose to share them. Social media is a tool, and millions are using it to lift each other up. The junk food analogy fails because junk food has no nutritional value. Social media has plenty.
12:46 PM
Round 4