Reverse Voting Issue (RVI)Copy Anchor Link

1. Overview
2. Examples

RVI Good (Usually Affirmative)Copy Anchor Link

RVI Bad (Usually Negative)Copy Anchor Link

RVIs are bad

1. Chilling Effect – RVIs make worse theory debaters fear theory debates in the face of actual abuse
2. Logic – you shouldn’t win for being fair - T is a necessary burden
3. Education – RVIs crowd out substance by incentivizing debaters to automatically collapse to theory