AT: Not Exclusive
Topicality isn’t a violent exclusion---it’s a negotiation about how debates can best occur---the aff has equal power to convince you that they are right which disproves their offense because it assumes an uncontestable imposition.
Topicality excludes content not people---divorcing ballots from subjective positions is good: 1. It prevents neg teams from having to negate personal experience, and instead encourages debates about the utility of refuting aff arguments and 2. It avoids forcing judges to make decisions about debater’s politics and identities which devolves into character assassination.
Voting neg doesn’t literally prevent teams from introducing their arguments---it’s not intent to exclude, it’s an intent to refine. They can still read their affirmative, they should just be prepared to justify the utility of negating it.