Shouting match

Large assemblies may easily degenerate into shouting matches as the participants raise their voices just in order to be heard.

[2] At the General Electric company, the successful chief executive, Jack Welch, forced his managers to justify their positions by intensive argument that often became shouting matches.

[3] Shouting matches should be avoided in commercial interactions between customers and suppliers because they tend to poison relations between the parties and so reduce the possibility of a productive deal.

[4] In public situations such as a nightclub or bar, staff that get into shouting matches with patrons look badly unprofessional.

So, rather than a listening and rational exchange, the format fosters rage and aggression which results in extreme opinions and insults.