Smaller or less powerful parties can be intimidated to not openly disagree.
Disagreeing openly with the King would give the lie to that idea.
After Charles the Bold's death in 1477, the two men openly disagreed about how best to take political advantage of the situation.
Many parents, too, no longer saw teachers as commanding great esteem - often disagreeing openly with them on educational issues.
Many things she will openly disagree with him about.
He also openly disagreed with his leader over the 50p tax rate and other matters.
But he insisted he has the right to disagree openly with Council members.
Some of the congregation's socially conservative members openly disagreed with his position on sexuality.
Some of the people watching flinched when man disagreed so openly with Attaroa.
To date they have not openly disagreed on anything.