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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Replying to @starsandrobots @fredbenenson
leave the core of the question intact.
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Replying to @michael_nielsen @fredbenenson
but are teenaged belief flops even interesting? I am assuming you are asking this beyond early twentagers)
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I would advocate "is there a case where you changed mind" over "what are the cases" for same answer, softer q
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I like that. It is less confronting, but preserves the core.
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Replying to @michael_nielsen @starsandrobots
my path forward has two parts now: figure out how to inspire empathy *from* Trump voters ...
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and two: help build the tools to keep the resistance up
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