Listening and then Speaking

There is no lack of posts, blogs, articles, contributors, on all the hot topics of the day: Critical Race Theory, BLM, LGBT etc., micro aggressions, sexual harassment, and the list goes on. Here’s s short list of some skills that have helped me to sort it out: be quick listen, ask questions, be more concerned with understanding the other person’s point of view that stating your own, speak in person to real people, think carefully, be polite, articulate your view without throwing darts.

Listening:

The Neglected Ministry of Asking Questions

Before you speak, post, or get too emotionally charged about a current event:

https://derekzrishmawy.com/2021/05/18/on-making-it-personal-or-one-and-half-cheers-for-abstraction/

https://www.termsofservice.social/p/matters-too-important-for-social