Between good faith actors trying to arrive at the truth, quibbling over terminology is dumb - all you need to do is clarify what the other party means by a given term. In public discourse, it is absolutely necessary, because certain terms are so emotionally loaded.
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How to conversation: p1: state perspective p2: repeat back what they heard—in own words, AND to the satisfaction of p1 p2: state perspective p1: repeat back what they heard—in own words, AND to the satisfaction of p2 Etc. builds shared narrative = stay on same page
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People are shifty and weird and inconsistent. Often time we don’t notice this in ourselves, and go on lockdown mode if we feel someone is trying to prove us wrong. In order to point out inconsistencies in someone else’s words, you can’t be arguing Needs vulnerability+low stakes
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