The phrase "honest discourse" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to open and truthful communication or discussion on a particular topic.
Example: "In order to foster a healthy debate, we must engage in honest discourse about the issues at hand."
Alternatives: "candid discussion" or "open dialogue."
"It is a shame that administrative agendas and regulations have stifled open and honest discourse.
Do you think you're contributing to honest discourse or frustrating it?
Elomire takes his leave of the company and of us with an acid thought: "The only hope is setting out to find / A form of honest discourse to reclaim / The honest discourse fools have undermined".
At its best, this ideology upholds a powerful example of good governance, intelligent policymaking, and honest discourse.
When asked if his show crossed lines it shouldn't have, Chappelle said: "I think America needs to have an honest discourse with itself".
"The anger is a reaction that we expect to get from some Americans, because we live in a society that doesn't have honest discourse about race," Harris said.
Will lawmakers heed Obama's call for "a more civil and honest public discourse"?
People are so afraid of offending someone that honest, open discourse is disappearing, he said, and he's grateful Trump put it on the national agenda.
This horrific event, he said, should be a turning point for everyone — "not because a simple lack of civility caused this tragedy – it did not – but rather because only a more civil and honest public discourse can help us face up to our challenges as a nation".
Politicians seldom worry about fiscal headaches that may be 10 or 15 years away; yet if we had a braver, more honest political discourse, people who are now in their twenties and thirties would be told that they can forget any notion of retiring before they are 70.
There's virtually no honest political discourse about this, though, and it's not just politicians who have failed.
