Our first presentor, Cameron Swallow, a Braver Angels's coordinator, spoke of: Recognizing One's Inner Polarizer, Making Depolarizing Distinctions and How to Talk about the Other Side in a Non-Polarizing Way.
In recognizing one's inner polarizer 6 questions were to be answered by each participant with regard to the 'other' group with either often, sometimes/ never.
For making depolarizing distinctions and 'telling the story' one needs to challenge one's stereotypes when one makes depolarizing distinctions between positions and people, policies and core values, and inconsistency and hypocrisy.
The third section of How to Talk about the Other Side in a Non-polarizing Way covered : What to avoid... ie the use of pejorative labels, criticizing the idea or the policy, not the motives of everyone who holds it, criticizing your own side too, saying something positive about the other side and trying an “eavesdropper” experiment.
Section 4 are the skills for depolarizing conversations with like-minded people which include listening, acknowledging, pivoting and offering perspective.
Dear friends, it is not easy work to unite Red and Blue Americans to depolarize America. I am looking forward to this week's program.
If you are in the La Crosse area and would like to join us this coming Thursday you just need to register as spaces are limited. Here's the link:
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/braver-angels-depolarizing-within-pt-2-tickets-104474159022
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