As I sent this tweet. This tweet shows up in my feed. https://twitter.com/chas10buttigieg/status/1158121907201298432?s=21 … My fear is we are all vulnerable to falling victim to group think. How do we prevent this from occurring if we keep shutting out opposing voices? Is this doing more harm than good?
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great question! I came to the conclusions, that I'll go down the rabbit hole only on things related to my company. All other topics I try to avoid as much as I can. Hard to do!
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I respect this. I’m always so eager to learn. It’s this internal drive or need to understand the why. But I’ve noticed myself change a bit where I’m opting for opinions that support my own. That’s not learning. Can this behavior be considered protection?

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I never mute, never block, actively follow a lot of accounts extolling politics completely antithetical to mine. I'm used to it, I guess. Keep your enemies close, kind of thing.
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I've really been trying hard the last couple days. Reading about Replacement Theory and all this other White Supremacist chatter. It's wild. Still trying to wrap my head around a lot of it.
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It's not so much opposing views - they are welcome and the strength of twitter, enable learning It is aggression, violence, abuse that should be muted, blocked and not tolerated That boundary and distinction is required to protect self
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Yes. Great distinction. That’s where I think we only have control on our end. Too often the initial response is hostility to protect ones view. Makes you question engaging altogether. Like what’s the point so the response becomes to simply mute or block.
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I don't tweet about controversial subjects such as politics. However I do DM (where they follow me or are open to DMs). Many replies about this subject are really intended for a broad audience & to inflame. And when I do, I restrict myself to questions. To understand, not provoke
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Conflict resolution is a skill many of us do not have or do not perform very well. I’ve tried the DM approach. It’s been 50/50 for me. There’s a lot of ego pulling. But I can’t ignore when people who look like me are being attacked and murdered for being brown. That’s hard.
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Block trolls who are intentionally hurtful, but to identify trolls in contrast to those with passion or heartache, you have to ask questions about what they believe, why they believe it. Remember & use the ACE question: “What happened to you?”
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I ask the questions. What am I missing or what am I not understanding? We all come from different worlds. So interaction and social norms aren’t always properly aligned. There will be clash. What can we do to limit group think or shut out/police any alternative thought.
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