Chose the second option. Not sure how correct it is.
I used to debate as a hobby, and practiced a lot of demagogy, I think.
However today it's just a tool of learning, to me. At some point I hated debating so much, because it always felt like a fight. And I always hated that atmosphere of fighting and competition anyway, even after I "won" I didn't feel so good about it.
So today I just like to show my views, than listen to other views, no bad feelings involved. Just the opposite - I prefer debating with people who have knowledge or high intellectual abilities. I want to learn from them, and think they can learn from me sometimes. I think we can all learn from each other.
It reminds that once people thought that I think I know everything, and perhaps they still do... Why? Because everytime I argued with confidence, I was right. So they hated it. And because I was always so confident, they waited for the time to "get back". But in fact, it was the opposite - I only argued with full confidence, almost anger, when I KNEW I was right. Otherwise I wouldn't have insisted on it. So I'm not the one who thinks he knows everything... Always when people corrected me and were right I said "you're right, thanks for pointing that out".
I hate how everything in this world is about competition.
We should debate in order to show others the right way, to let them show ourselves, or at least get some clues - sometimes we can even get to the solution together.