Come along to our first Controversial Conversations Club meet-up and let’s dive into some controversial topics! As this is our first meet-up, we’ll go around the group and see what topics everyone would most like to discuss. 🏠 House Rules: Just a few simple rules to keep the conversations flowing smoothly and make sure everyone gets a fair chance to have their say: 🗣️Don’t hog the conversation. If someone is speaking, let them finish before jumping in. No constantly interrupting, talking over people or dominating the discussion. 🕰️Be mindful of the time you speak, If you’ve been speaking for more than a couple of minutes without giving anyone else a chance to respond, I’ll politely remind you to wrap up and let someone else in. No blabbering on for 5 minutes straight! I genuinely want everyone to have a chance to speak, so this isn’t just a suggestion, it’s part of the club etiquette. If you repeatedly interrupt, dominate conversations or ignore reminders to give others a chance to speak, you will be asked to leave. 🔥 Debate the idea, not the person. You’re absolutely free to share your honest opinions and feelings, critique and critacise ideas, religion, laws etc- that’s what the club is about, after all! You can completely disagree with someone, but direct personal attacks to other people in the group, name-calling, shouting people down or bully tactics won’t be tolerated. 😡No manipulaters. For instance, If someone has coherently explained why they find a certain religion oppressive and someone else attacks them saying “I find that offensive and you are a nasty, mean bigot for thinking that way” you’ll be asked to leave for attacking and labelling someone who holds an opinion you don’t like. Bully tactics and silencing guilt-trip tactics don’t work here. Everyone is free to share their opinions and views on different topics. We want strong opinions, articulate speakers and respectful interactions. Explain why you disagree, challenge ideas and have a proper convers

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