1."Fear of debate is a fear of confrontation and isolation. Individuality is fettered by fear of isolation. Suppression of individuality is due to fear of isolation. FOMO is the enemy of self-expression." Also "transgression" and…
1."Fear of debate is a fear of confrontation and isolation. Individuality is fettered by fear of isolation. Suppression of individuality is due to fear of isolation. FOMO is the enemy of self-expression." Also "transgression" and "an absence of ideology."
2.“Less than a third of people feel they can share views without fear. Nearly half of us choose to censor our opinions in day-to-day life” https://www.telegraph.co.uk/tv/2021/10/29/comedy-must-not-neutered-fear-causing-offence/
3.In the dance class, they do 'shadow work' where you deliberately put yourself in situations where you're uncomfortable, like asking people to dance with you who are encouraged to say 'no'. Develop similar exercises to help solve 'fear of debate.'
Idea to do an advert (let’s take a commercial break) Let's do a commercial during the presentation
4.Practice disagreeing with people (even/ especially when you don’t). Run a self-help course for those who suffer from a ‘fear of debate’, in the same way you might for a fear of spiders, or to help give up smoking (could hypnosis be the answer? Or eating less carbs?). Do you suffer from a fear of debate? You no longer have to struggle in silence. We understand and are here to support you. (let’s take a commercial break)
suggested tips
1.- Smile while saying unpalatable things (did Margaret Thatcher and Phillip Scofield do this?)
2.- Give adversaries gifts, rulers gain power through presents. there’s no such thing as a free meal,
3.Dress up debate as something friendly and fun to make it more palatable (Pikachu/ satirical humour). Welcome to the psychopathic philanthropic institutions. They make Pikachu look like a childs toy.
Production comment. Guys, can I suggest we use a weird bland middle management tone-of-voice that a lot of people in London World of Work adopt ?
Does getting angry/ emotional get me anywhere?
Debating issues (work). Debating relationships (emotions). What are the kinds of debates? Date night/ debate night.
In conclusion ?
Fear of debate = fear of being yourself/ saying what you think? Fear of being alone/ getting it ‘wrong’? Equally, love of debate can lead to someone prodding things simply for the sake of it. I enjoy it for the sake of it, even if it’s destructive and does neither me nor anyone else any good. Debate/ being contrary is fun/ exhilarating/ exciting – makes an otherwise boring day dramatic. It can turn into manufacturing drama purely to entertain oneself or (worse) friends who egg you on (while strategically/ sensibly not joining in) until eventually you shoot yourself in the foot/ get fired/ shouted at/ hit/ disadvantaged in some way, which these friends also enjoy because it’s interesting and isn’t them.
Fear of debate - fear of death? Discomfort? Death is the end of debate. No-one can debate when they’re dead! To debate is to be alive.
