I've been intrigued with the way Megan Phelps-Roper left the Westboro Baptist Church (the "God Hates Fags" people) she grew up in, ever since I read her story in the New Yorker,
"Conversion via Twitter":
it was through DIALOGUE ON TWITTER!
Who knew such a thing could happen?
Well, I did, because it's happened to me--rarely, but genuinely, on my blog--a respectful conversation with a person I totally disagreed with. We ended up becoming friends.
So, just last night, I was happy to see MP-R gave a TED talk in 2017--I'd totally missed it.
Naturally she thinks it's a good idea to discuss things with people you (sometimes vehemently) disagree with.
Here are her four placard-sized tips for doing that. She says, "they're simple, but they're hard."
I KNOW!
Lucky me, I can practice these at committee meetings!
This is the full talk:
"Conversion via Twitter":
it was through DIALOGUE ON TWITTER!
Who knew such a thing could happen?
Well, I did, because it's happened to me--rarely, but genuinely, on my blog--a respectful conversation with a person I totally disagreed with. We ended up becoming friends.
So, just last night, I was happy to see MP-R gave a TED talk in 2017--I'd totally missed it.
Naturally she thinks it's a good idea to discuss things with people you (sometimes vehemently) disagree with.
Here are her four placard-sized tips for doing that. She says, "they're simple, but they're hard."
I KNOW!
Lucky me, I can practice these at committee meetings!
Good Ted talk. It's so hard to be humble and ask questions when you're sure you're right...
ReplyDeleteBINK: Too true! I pretend, sometimes, that I'm NOT sure I'm right (when I really am sure I am), just on principle.
ReplyDeleteVery galling when it turns out I really am not right!