Don't Attack the Person with a Different Opinion
Last Sunday I met the Professor of Government at weekly informal meeting I attend most of the Sundays.
Presumably, the ninety nine percent of American people make an assumption that we will end up discussing the current political situation. They are absolutely correct. The conversation of approximately ten members of this meeting started to heat up with politics.
During this discussion the Professor was frank, but not pretentious at all. And he shared one of the episode about the presentation was held in his class previously.
One of his outspoken student was expressing his opinion energetically without his hesitation in front of his classmates. The professor, who is the participant of meeting this day, got anxious about his performance because he knew that one of his student was the advocate of the entirely opposite of his belief. It could be possible for her to jump on him and start screaming at him! Not to mention he was joking as a lot of people do at the informal meeting. Fortunately, she didn’t make any action and left the class when the class was over.
I can’t recall the message that the Professor implied with this story; however, he later said to us “We can attack the policies, but we shouldn’t attack the person who opposes one’s opinion regarding the policies.”
This meeting is my favorite weekly event because unexpectedly I learn something completely new such as a mixture of view toward one subject.
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Don't Attack the Person with a Different Opinion
Last Sunday I met the Professor of Government at a weekly informal meeting that I attend most of the Sundays.Presumably, the ninety nine percent of American people make an assumption that we will end up discussing the current political situation. They are absolutely correct. The conversation of Approximately ten members of this meeting started to heat up with conversation of politics.
During this discussion, the Professor was frank, but not pretentious at all. And he shared one of the an episode about from the presentation was held in his class previously.
One of his outspoken students was expressing his opinion energetically without his hesitation in front of his classmates. The professor, who is the participant of meeting this day, got anxious about his performance because he knew that one of his students was the an advocate of the entirely opposite of his belief. It could be possible for her to jump on him and start screaming at him! Not to mention he was joking as a lot of people do at the informal meetings. Fortunately, she didn’t make any action and left the class when the class was over.
I can’t recall the message that the Professor implied with this story; however, he later said to us “We can attack the policies, but we shouldn’t attack the person who opposes one’s opinion regarding the policies.”
This meeting is my favorite weekly event because unexpectedly I learn something completely new such as a mixture of views toward one subject.
Let me know if you have any questions Yoko!
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Thank you HuiHui! for leaving comment! and reading my bad English:)
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Very interesting read! Thanks for sharing :D
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