<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # A debate-free space is not a claim that debate... > A debate-free space is not a claim that debate lacks value. It is a deliberate social environment in which affiliation, listening, encouragement, and human recognition are temporarily protected from the status contest of being right. Some rooms are built for argument; others are built so people can remember that they belong before they argue. **Source:** [[livestreams/Happiness, Nonjudgment, and the Royal Practice of Letting People Be - Workbook|Happiness, Nonjudgment, and the Royal Practice of Letting People Be]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “A debate-free space is not a claim that debate lacks value. It is a deliberate social environment in which affiliation, listening, encouragement, and human recognition are temporarily protected from the status contest of being right. Some rooms are built for argument; others are built so people can remember that they belong before they argue.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-debate-free-space-belong-before-argue ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->