I've incorporated that style of convo whenever discussing a potentially contentious subject. It works well keeping things civil
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So you do use it as *part* of a strategy for having productive conversations?
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Yes. Use the same principles. Listen, try to understand their argument accurately, ask good questions.
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It's really helped me have more productive convos w/a far right family member. It's helped move her slightly on some positions.
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Excellent! I've had some successes too. Only one Muslim to atheist but lots of slight but important shifts.
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Yes. This might explain some hesitation you've noticed. Not always instant change, and the change that happens is small.
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But I think that's why it's so effective, because you're guiding the IL to change their own mind. It's often a slow process.
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@OnYouLikeGlue Yes, my friend Tarek, ex-fundamentalist, on the power of doubt.pic.twitter.com/dWWs1hwaep
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