A thread worth reading for the next time you encounter a Trump supporter and want to reason with them (you probably can't)https://twitter.com/the_author_/status/797799867406045186 …
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Replying to @fredbenenson
If you're curious about stories of reforming extremists
@AdrianChen's article on@meganphelps is the PERFECT read: http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2015/11/23/conversion-via-twitter-westboro-baptist-church-megan-phelps-roper …3 replies 1 retweet 5 likes -
Replying to @fredbenenson
That was a great piece, thanks for reminding me of it.
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Replying to @michael_nielsen
no problem, its one of my favorites. I find stories like that so captivating because personal growth like that is so rare
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Replying to @fredbenenson
A question I'd like to figure out how to ask people: what's a big thing you've changed your mind about?
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Replying to @michael_nielsen @fredbenenson
still thinking about this. Another way to modify just to reduce confronting aspect is to
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ask "IS there something where you have" etc rather than the (more presumptive) "what are the things" approach
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suggestion - change the context (and reduce identity involvement) - helps. Even a question like
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