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Statement grade
The average of Signal, Relevance, Reasoning and Clarity is 62. The grade is held to 38, 30 above Relevance. Reasoning rests on 2 conclusions, too few to hold the grade down. 38 / 100, held down by Relevance
Signal
80 / 100
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Relevance
8 / 100
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Reasoning
60 / 100
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Respect
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Clarity
100 / 100
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Claims 65% Aside 6% Positioning 9% Reasoning 17% Procedure 3%
Structure · 13 steps
Claims · 2
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Mr. Chair, Claims · 6 words you just heard it from California: Aside · 14 words cis man. I don’t even know what a cis man is. That sounds ridiculous. Aside Claims · 65 words Talking about pretend doctors, I think we had a pretend doctor testify on the Hill this week. The president of a prestigious university could not testify that only women can give birth to babies. Someone who is supposed to be training medical physicians and medical doctors here in the United States couldn’t say under oath, in Congress, that only women can give birth to babies.1 Positioning · 15 words I don’t think you can trust medical doctors that say being tranny is a thing. Positioning Reasoning · 23 words Treating somebody’s low T or thyroid, if they are a man, that seems like a natural, biological thing, but not for a woman. Claims · 31 words If you give a woman a ton of testosterone, it erodes the lining of her bladder.2 She eventually becomes incontinent. The other hormones are going to eventually give her breast cancer. Positioning · 6 words It is just a crazy ideology. Positioning Off point Reasoning · 8 words We need to follow actual science, follow biology, Claims · 49 words and not these doctors and universities that are training medical doctors, that are making millions and millions of dollars by keeping people on prescriptions, on medicines that drive them crazy, to shoot up schools, churches, Logical leap and synagogues. All these tranny shootings, all these mass shootings, it is actually insane. Off point Logical leap Reasoning · 8 words They should not be serving in the military. Mr. Chair, Procedure · 8 words I yield back the balance of my time. Procedure
At a glance
Lost points for Off point ×18 Aside ×3 Positioning ×2 Logical leap ×2 Procedure Off topic Only 7% of this speech directly addressed the bill under debate.
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Signal · 80
6 of 26 deductions are Signal
Signal checks whether every part makes a point, gives a reason, or asks for action. A low score means the speaker filled time with fluff, pleasantries, or attacks.
Aside A remark off to the side of the point. What the tags mean → “cis man.” An aside: no claim, reason or ask.
Aside A remark off to the side of the point. What the tags mean → “I don’t even know what a cis man is.” An aside: no claim, reason or ask.
Aside A remark off to the side of the point. What the tags mean → “That sounds ridiculous.” An aside: no claim, reason or ask.
Positioning Praise, blame or attack with no claim, reason or ask in it. What the tags mean → “I don’t think you can trust medical doctors that say being tranny is a thing.” Positioning: praise, blame or attack. No claim, reason or ask.
Positioning Praise, blame or attack with no claim, reason or ask in it. What the tags mean → “It is just a crazy ideology.” Positioning: praise, blame or attack. No claim, reason or ask.
Procedure Throat-clearing: announcing what you are about to say, or the House’s routine business. What the tags mean → “I yield back the balance of my time.” Procedure or throat-clearing: no claim, reason or ask.
Relevance · 8
18 of 26 deductions are Relevance
Relevance checks whether the speaker stays on topic and answers the question asked. A low score means the speaker dodged the issue. Measured against the bill under debate.
Off point Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate. What the tags mean → “you just heard it from California:” Points to another member’s remark rather than addressing the bill’s provisions.
Off point Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate. What the tags mean → “cis man.” Mocks a phrase used by another speaker, not the bill.
Off point Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate. What the tags mean → “I don’t even know what a cis man is.” Mockery of a term, offering nothing on the bill’s contents.
Off point Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate. What the tags mean → “That sounds ridiculous.” A dismissive aside, not a point about the legislation.
Off point Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate. What the tags mean → “Talking about pretend doctors, I think we had a pretend doctor testify on the Hill this week.” Commentary on a committee witness, unrelated to the bill under debate.
Off point Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate. What the tags mean → “The president of a prestigious university could not testify that only women can give birth to babies.” Criticism of a university president’s testimony, not the bill.
Off point Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate. What the tags mean → “Someone who is supposed to be training medical physicians and medical doctors here in the United States couldn’t say under oath, in Congress, that only women can give birth to babies.” Continues commentary on the testimony, off the bill’s subject matter.
Off point Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate. What the tags mean → “I don’t think you can trust medical doctors that say being tranny is a thing.” Attack on doctors generally, not any provision of the NDAA.
Off point Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate. What the tags mean → “Treating somebody’s low T or thyroid,” Discussion of hormone treatment outside the bill’s content.
Off point Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate. What the tags mean → “if they are a man, that seems like a natural, biological thing,” Discussion of thyroid treatment, not the legislation.
Off point Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate. What the tags mean → “but not for a woman.” Continues the medical aside, not the bill.
Off point Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate. What the tags mean → “If you give a woman a ton of testosterone, it erodes the lining of her bladder.” A medical claim unrelated to any bill provision.
Off point Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate. What the tags mean → “She eventually becomes incontinent.” Continues the unrelated medical argument.
Off point Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate. What the tags mean → “The other hormones are going to eventually give her breast cancer.” Further medical claims not tied to the bill.
Off point Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate. What the tags mean → “It is just a crazy ideology.” A general ideological complaint, not a point on the bill.
Off point Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate. What the tags mean → “and not these doctors and universities that are training medical doctors, that are making millions and millions of dollars by keeping people on prescriptions, on medicines that drive them crazy, to shoot up schools, churches,” Claims about universities, prescriptions, and violence, unrelated to the bill’s provisions.
Off point Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate. What the tags mean → “and synagogues.” Continues the claim about shootings, not the legislation.
Off point Talking about something other than the matter at hand: the question asked, or the bill, motion or speech under debate. What the tags mean → “All these tranny shootings, all these mass shootings, it is actually insane.” Commentary on mass shootings, off the bill’s subject matter.
Reasoning · 60
2 of 26 deductions are Reasoning
Reasoning checks for sound logic and solid support for any conclusion. A low score means the speaker made unsupported leaps or used weak arguments.
Logical leap A conclusion that does not follow from the reasons given for it. What the tags mean → “and not these doctors and universities that are training medical doctors, that are making millions and millions of dollars by keeping people on prescriptions, on medicines that drive them crazy, to shoot up schools, churches,” The claim that doctors profit from prescriptions that drive people to violence is asserted as a coincidence-turned-cause, not shown.
Logical leap A conclusion that does not follow from the reasons given for it. What the tags mean → “All these tranny shootings, all these mass shootings, it is actually insane.” Attributing a class of mass shootings to transgender people as a group generalizes from no shown example.
Conclusions found · 2
Conclusion “We need to follow actual science, follow biology,”
Because “and not these doctors and universities that are training medical doctors, that are making millions and millions of dollars by keeping people on prescriptions, on medicines that drive them crazy, to shoot up schools, churches,”
Reason flawed The claim that doctors profit from prescriptions that drive people to violence is asserted as a coincidence-turned-cause, not shown.
Conclusion “They should not be serving in the military.”
Because “If you give a woman a ton of testosterone, it erodes the lining of her bladder.”
“She eventually becomes incontinent.”
“The other hormones are going to eventually give her breast cancer.”
“All these tranny shootings, all these mass shootings, it is actually insane.”
Reason flawed Attributing a class of mass shootings to transgender people as a group generalizes from no shown example.
Respect · no score
Not checked: graded before this measurement existed. Excluded from the average.
Respect checks whether the speaker argued with people’s positions and records rather than attacking the people: insults, mockery, or bad motives assigned to them. Criticism of what someone did, however strong, is not marked.
Clarity · 100
0 of 26 deductions are Clarity
Clarity checks for plain speaking, clear ownership of actions, and honest limits on certainty. A low score means vague promises or evasive language.
Nothing lost points.
Claims · 2
This list shows the factual statements you can check for yourself: the words as said, and the claim restated to stand on its own.
1 “couldn’t say under oath, in Congress, that only women can give birth to babies” A university president, testifying under oath before Congress, declined to state that only women can give birth to babies. search 2 “If you give a woman a ton of testosterone, it erodes the lining of her bladder” The speaker claimed that giving a woman large doses of testosterone erodes the lining of her bladder. search
