Better Angels co-founder Bill Doherty, in a talk to students and faculty at the University of Minnesota in Rochester, teaches and demonstrates how to talk with people who differ from you politically and how to depolarize conversations so that they can be more productive and less damaging to relationships.
I stopped talking to my dad because we voted differently
03/15/2025 No Comments
The more I was able to productively disagree with people, the more I realized that I didn’t need them to agree with me in order for me to be okay. I found strength and peace in myself that left me feeling more empowered, even when the world felt scary and out of control.
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I live in southeastern Massachusetts. As are so many of us, I am struggling with the challenges of speaking and finding common ground with people whose political views and beliefs are so different from mine. Does your organization conduct any kind of educational seminars, workshops, gatherings of any type to help with this challenge? Do you have materials or recommended readings or curricula or anything that could help? I look forward to hearing from you. Thanks very much.