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What does round table mean?

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Anonymous

12y ago
Updated: 8/20/2019

"Mythology" holds that King Arthur held meetings with all his advisors at a physically round table so that no one person seemed more important than any other. A sort of attempt at equality. Today it is used very loosely to describe discussions having nothing to do with the shape of a table at which they are seated. Some of these are not even held at a table. The 'discussions' of these pundits on various shows is sometimes referred to as a round table discussion. The original intent was for each to have an equal opportunity to speak, but today (maybe for theatrical purposes) many times it devolves into a shouting match between the 'spoiled brats' for the most attention they can get and sometimesmto just drown out the other speaker.

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12y ago

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