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Bob's avatar

Be the change you want to see in others. Call out and applaud ethical behavior wherever, whenever, any whomever. Applaud truth telling especially. Look particularly for examples among your political opponents. Find a colleague of the opposite persuasion to do the same for your side. Take particular note of good behavior by people with whom both of you disagree.

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George Talbot's avatar

Easy to say, but if your opponent is caught up in a false narrative, and is motivated by that, it can often be very difficult to have a discussion at all. You say this but below in a reply you repeat this pattern in service of the Rush Limbaugh/Fox News PoV using an anecdote that you fervently believe, as it's giving you a sense of solidarity. Yet the anecdote you used wasn't actually true. How then shall I have a conversation with you?

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Bob's avatar

Lecture is not discussion.

No, I donтАЩt watch Fox News. I didnтАЩt watch or listen to Rush Limbaugh.

Tell me you donтАЩt know the joke about the difference between a redneck and a good-ol-boy.

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