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Counter Hate and Malevolence - Part 1

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Hate, no matter how "justified" hurts us more than it helps us. Don't do it!

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Hate, no matter how "justified" hurts us more than it helps us. Don't do it!

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Listen Actively and Empathically

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Empathic listening is amazingly powerful--sometimes that is all that is needed to defuse destructive conflicts.

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Empathic listening is amazingly powerful--sometimes that is all that is needed to defuse destructive conflicts.

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Practice - and Preach - Civility in Public and Private Discourse

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Incivility begets more of the same, while civil discourse can help de-escalate conflict and improve relationships.

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Being overtly hostile to one's opponent feels good, but very rarely helps things.  Civility goes a  long wary towards constructive confrontation.

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Allow Your Opponents to "Save Face"

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No one likes to be humiliated--allowing your opponent to save face will help defuse a conflict.

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Closely related to respect, protecting one's own "face" and allowing others to do the same will make conflicts much easier to address successfully.

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Focus on Fixing the Problem, Not Attacking People

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Attacking people makes them angry. Enlisting their help to solve a mutual problem is more likely to work as hoped.

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Attacking people makes them angry. Enlisting their help to solve a mutual problem is more likely to work as hoped.

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