Listening to what someone says until they quit listening to themselves opens the door to you being listened to until you quit listening to yourself. People listen to conflicting views when they are convinced their view has been understood. The road belongs to everyone. Playing chicken and risking a head-on collision is dangerously immature. The rules of the road are the same for all.
Principles rule rather than intimidation or manipulation.
People can be their best selves in spite of their worst selves. When anything goes, everything goes. But when accountability is clear, hidden agendas and little mafias do not own the road. Positions become complementary, not adversarial. People have choices and alternatives individually and corporately.