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Sun 94 Posted 15 years ago
Vocabulary

Shifting debate

Can you please explain to me the underlined parts? Thanks in advance.

1.Kenna is the most vivid symbol of an angry, shifting debate over how people and predators can coexist.

2. But violent deaths like Kenna's - and a string of other mountain lion attackes- are making a powerful case for fighting back.
  

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Debates typically have two sides, and the proponents on each side often remain constant in their positions. But if the debate is shifting (like shifting winds or shifting sands), then opinions are constantly changing, and the consensus/majority view (if there is one) is also shifting. sun 94 are making a powerful case for fighting back.

  • Debates typically have two sides, and the proponents on each side often remain constant in their positions.
  • But if the debate is shifting (like shifting winds or shifting sands), then opinions are constantly changing, and the consensus/majority view (if there is one) is also shifting.
  • sun 94 are making a powerful case for fighting back.
  • A case is an argument for or against.
  • How shall we argue "our case" that we should fight back against the mountain lions who are killing our people?
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Debates typically have two sides, and the proponents on each side often remain constant in their positions. But if the debate is shifting (like shifting winds or shifting sands), then opinions are constantly changing, and the consensus/majority view (if there is one) is also shifting.
sun 94are making a powerful case for fighting back.
A case is an argument fo

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