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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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As I understand Cassidy what he means from antagonism vs debate. Both are open opposition.
Debate is much more
objective.
Antagonism leads to hostilities when it comes from strong
subjective feelings.
It is ideal to have an environment free of antagonism, one can try to be objective and conscious not to wilfully antagonize, but sometimes a well-meaning brother or sister may unknowingly say something to provoke reactive feelings resulting in hostilities.