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Hostile, Inflammatory Language and Behavior

BI Article
Carrie Menkel-Meadow: Freedom of Speech and Freedom to Protest
Who has the right to speak how and when? The Stanford Law School controversy has lessons for all of us.

Subsidiary Folders
Left-leaning Polarizing Behavior
Many of the things the left does and says are very concerning to the right. This section looks at the way the left is alienating the right -- when there are less polarizing ways to make the same points.

Subsidiary Folders
Right-leaning Polarizing Behavior
Similarly to left-leaning polarizing behavior, there are many things that the right is doing and saying that unnecessarily alienate the left. There are ways to pursue right-leaning beliefs that aren't so alarming to the other side.

Related Folders
Non-Inflammatory Communication
People in conflict often say very inflammatory things that make the conflict worse. But there are ways to explain your core concerns in ways that are respectful and non-accusatory. This helps the other side hear what you are trying to say, and makes it more likely they will respond positively to it.

Colleague Activities
When Language Leads to Violence: How Can Peacebuilders Counter Dangerous Speech
A webinar held by Beyond Conflict describing what kinds of speech is likely to incite violence, and how such speech can be countered.

Colleague Activities
Combating Hate Speech: Identifying, monitoring and combating hate speech on social media.
Lexicons which identify and explain inflammatory language and offer alternative words and phrases can combat the spread of such speech.

Colleague Activities
The Dignity Index
An eight-point scale that scores speech on its power to unite or divide. Start your own journey by taking the Dignity Pledge.

News and Opinion
I'm a Body Language Expert. Here's What I Saw During the Conventions

News and Opinion
The Language of Privilege
An argument that the complex and ever-changing rules of politically correct discourse may actually be reinforcing rather than breaking down "privilege."

News and Opinion
What's in a Name?
Attacking the language anti-woke critics use forestalls the real conversation

News and Opinion
Free speech doesn't mean hecklers get to shut down campus debate

News and Opinion
Free Speech for Me but Not for Thee

News and Opinion
Speech isn't violence; it's how we avoid it

News and Opinion
Free speech or out of order? As meetings grow wild, officials try to tame public comment.

News and Opinion
One Woman Is Holding Politicians Accountable for Nasty Speech. It's Changing Politics.
An example of somebody with the bright idea that is making a real difference -- the dignity index, a strategy for encouraging and reinforcing constructive political rhetoric.

News and Opinion
Free Speech Doesn't Mean Free Rein to Shout Down Others