The other side is not dumb
July 24, 2016 1:49 PM Subscribe
"Over time, this morphs into a subconscious belief that we and our friends are the sane ones and that there’s a crazy “Other Side” that must be laughed at — an Other Side that just doesn’t “get it,” and is clearly not as intelligent as “us.” But this holier-than-thou social media behavior is counterproductive, it’s self-aggrandizement at the cost of actual nuanced discourse and if we want to consider online discourse productive, we need to move past this." (SLMedium)
This post was deleted for the following reason: Sorry, this has already been posted and gone badly, so let's not take a second round. -- LobsterMitten
The solution, as deBoer says, “You have to be willing to sacrifice your carefully curated social performance and be willing to work with people who are not like you.”
I think this is an important idea. However, I seem to need either a face to face setting or a one on one discussion, or both to even try to be this open to someone else's thought processes. Fast moving, multi-person discussion with the possibility of shouting doesn't seem to be a workable setting for bridge building.
posted by puddledork at 2:03 PM on July 24, 2016
I think this is an important idea. However, I seem to need either a face to face setting or a one on one discussion, or both to even try to be this open to someone else's thought processes. Fast moving, multi-person discussion with the possibility of shouting doesn't seem to be a workable setting for bridge building.
posted by puddledork at 2:03 PM on July 24, 2016
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