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Originally Posted by Cassidy
Your definition is that antagonism = open opposition. Debate is open opposition.
Antagonism is much more than open opposition. It includes hostility.
Of course, an environment free of antagonism is necessary for every participant.
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In a free and open forum, no one can guarantee the absence of what someone might term "hostility." Emotions and confrontation are part of discussion. Grown-ups realize that and deal with it.
Besides, hostility comes in various forms. I would say, Cassidy, you regularly engage in the passive/aggressive type of hostility. You maintain a patina of niceness (to which you like to call attention) which conceals an underlying hostility not only toward people who have problems with the LRC, but also toward those who care for open, honest discussion minus game-playing BS.
Personally, I think your brand of hostility is worse, because it masquerades as something else, and wastes everyone's time and patience. I'd rather have someone be up front and call me a jerk than say sweet things to me and stab me in the back. I don't know who you think you are fooling, but I'm not one of them. Never have been.
Even so, I like you, strangely enough. I'd love to share some coffee with you some time and talk for hours, not the least because I know you couldn't pull the kind of nonsense face-to-face that you've elevated to high art here.
Igzy