[HN Gopher] Evangelical churches turn to US Jewish nonprofit to ...
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       Evangelical churches turn to US Jewish nonprofit to have hard
       conversations
        
       Author : webmaven
       Score  : 19 points
       Date   : 2023-07-13 20:41 UTC (2 hours ago)
        
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       | grrdotcloud wrote:
       | I have used and currently recommend this method with all kinds of
       | conflict. Restate the disagreement in terms the other party will
       | agree with. When you have done this, to their satisfaction,
       | additional conversations can happen.
        
       | vogon_laureate wrote:
       | We desperately need more of this sort of thing.
        
         | meepmorp wrote:
         | From the description of what they do, it seems like something
         | that you need to have some personal investment in making work -
         | family, religious community, etc. It's a bit easier to come to
         | an understanding of someone on "the other side" when you're
         | motivated to preserve your relationship with them.
         | 
         | Unfortunately, there's also a huge incentive for various
         | parties to maintain/ramp up the conflict. Rage has been a
         | pretty good political motivator over the past few years in the
         | US, and it makes for compelling infotainment on cable news
         | networks, whose ratings are significantly driven by the
         | emotional button pushing opinion shows - Tucker Carlson, Rachel
         | Maddow, etc.
         | 
         | But maybe the only progress to be made is in small personal
         | situations that change people's attitudes in other settings.
        
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