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In response to "Avoiding terms like "cultural ideal" and "post-rationalist" for a start" by Roger More

Obviously. But I've got to get a handle on the problem in my own terms before trying to engage people on theirs. -- nm

Posted by znufrii Dec 9 '16, 10:37

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Thinking about things in their terms will help, IMO. -- nm - Roger More Dec 9, 11:09 8
- That's step two. -- nm - znufrii Dec 9, 11:18
- This is why I like asking what they want from him - it's puts ownership of the issue on them. -- nm - Reagen Dec 9, 11:11 6
  - Yep - what is needed for America to be great again? Why do you think Donald Trump is the guy to deliver that thing? -- nm - Roger More Dec 9, 11:13 5
    - Those are great questions, if you expect someone's motivation to be grounded in reasons or logic - znufrii Dec 9, 11:23 4
      - They get to the emotional reasons - that America is different now and was better back then, that no one cares about what people like them think, etc -- nm - Roger More Dec 9, 11:32 3
        
        And how do you get from there to answering my initial question? -- nm - znufrii Dec 9, 11:53 2
        
        Plus, it also means you can tailor your responses to their emotions. Like if they want to talk about fairness, talk about fairness. - Roger More Dec 9, 12:05
        
        In the end, you have to let people convince themselves, and they're only going to do that if they ask and answer questions themselves. - Roger More Dec 9, 12:02

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