As a young impressionable freshman in high school, going to debate after school was always exciting. Our debate coach Mr. Ryan started out the year by having a debate and involving all of us. He said he wanted to see where we were at.
After the first debate, he spent a few moments of praise and then went over some pointers about the arguments presented.
"Do you all know about the BIG "BUT" rule? " he asked.
I was a little shocked by the question.
Then he went on:
"Whenever someone says to you, " I believe in academic freedom,.....BUT......." you automatically know that the first phrase is a lie.
I never forgot the rule. I heard the big "BUT" phrase a lot last week. It brought back memories.
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