Interesting article from the Culture section of the online site Nice News. The article goes into some detail about getting along with friends and acquaintances during these politically polarizing times. Here are the topics covered the story:
- Practice humility.
- Ask respectful questions.
- Practice empathy.
- Focus on the positive.
- Set Boundaries.
And have these phrases ready to diffuse a tense situation:
- That isn’t something I want to talk about any more, can we move on?
- I differ in opinion but that is an interesting point you make.
- For my own reasons I’d rather not discuss this topic. Can we ditch it?
- I respectfully disagree on this topic and think it would be best if we avoided it moving forward.
Or you might just have an epiphany and realize if you didn’t support an insane narcissistic and sociopathic felon that is the toady of corrupt billionaires and using his party to hawk merchandise for his personal profit, there would be no argument to begin with.
The simplest solution is usually the best!