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Hello everyone Gill from Stort Valley results uk here

Hello Gill!

Hello everyone from Miami, FL!

Hi all! Cecilia from Indianapolis, Indiana US

I am also here from the UK. We are also a very divided nation right now so I think the lessons will be helpful.

this should be useful Tiffany

https://www.amazon.com/Righteous-Mind-Divided-Politics-Religion/dp/0307455777

Jim - just a note that the bottom person on the totem pole is typically seen as the highest in the hierarchy.

(of the totem pole)

This is fascinating. Hope we can get slides/doc. Thanks!

Thank you for sharing these perspectives. Where does the idea that the poor/minority should pick themselves up by the bootstraps come into the Conservative rhetoric when idea that the “top of the totem pole (white/male/rich)” should care for the bottom?

Hi Katharine! You can find the slides here! https://results.org/wp-content/uploads/Bridging-the-Partisan-Divide-Handout.pdf

thx!

Please talk about sanctity/degradation

My question pls: how has the current Trumpist GOP changed the concepts you have laid out here about conservatism? I understand that conservatism has changed quite a bit.

is there a distinction between economic and social conservatives

I would think the bootstrap argument is in the work harder get more foundation.

How/when these foundations are formed? Can they be changed?

Thank you

At this time, Robin DiAngelo’s book, White Fragility, is a more expanded model on stopping thinking that liberals or progressives are the good guys and the bad ones are the conservatives. she is very explicit in naming that the slavery system of oppression has been actually maintained by liberals or progressives

It might be important to give some details about his research; for example most psychology research in US takes place on US college campus’ and the subjects are typically college students (with all the socio-economic/demographic limitations that implies).

Is there a lack of empathy involved due to cognitive difficulty?

how do conservatives relate to "privilege"?

if you want to get support for initiatives that address climate change impacts on extreme poverty, do you emphasize to cons that African farmer of many generations and show photo of land devastated by drought, and to lib that drought leads to displacement from farmland and show photo of refugee camp?

"Empathy is the capacity to think and feel oneself into the inner life of another person." — Heinz Kohut (psychologist)

conservatives do not like that government programs help others instead of them, how do you convince representatives to invest into public welfare programs that to them is essentially free handouts which they despise?

There is some really interesting work based on psychological research on how values are held and how they interact with each other: https://publicinterest.org.uk/download/values/Common%20Cause%20Handbook.pdf (written for liberals)

we should stop this polarities in thinking. According to DiAngelo whites are socialized to learn they are privileged, just like she lived all her life as a white liberal with a good conscience. How is this dichotomous thinking is helping the human race to evolve? or to maintain status quo?

Aaron - we've found that discussing the economic growth opportunities help with some of our conservatives, economic growth helps all levels of people according to these models. (:

Thanks Naveed!!

Thanks for all of you comments and questions!

I agree @Dr. Josiane Apollon! The division is keeping us further from dismantling oppression that has affected everyone.

In the end I feel like we all are operating from a place of good, and want the same things - end of suffering, security, love - how do we communicate this to show everyone that we are one community and one humanity?

I often make the economic argument to members of Congress that these that are not “free” programs, but that they pay for themselves. You cannot have a robust economy without a healthy population. Health is fundamental to the ability to work. Government investment in public health has massive economic returns. Thinking in investment/return language. And multiplier effects of these investments circulating in an economy.

Nice

Yaasss Christie!

Yes, great point Christine! Many of the Republican reps in FL use that type of language and think first about business and economy.

that’That’s a great question, Karyne! How do we do that? can you Ken ask this question?

thank you!:-)

Would you mind giving us those talking points that you recited?

How do we access these handouts on the R.website?

This is incredibly useful for helping to craft appropriate narratives. Many thanks Jim!

Dr. Apollon and others make a good point, but perhaps it means (in Haidt’s terms) that the “caring” of many liberals is limited and their sense of authority and acceptance of status quo may be limited but still significant.

Thank you, Jim, for offering us a variety of ways to make a variety of members of Congress hear our message by tailoring our message to the way they view the world

handout is here: https://results.org/wp-content/uploads/Bridging-the-Partisan-Divide-Handout.pdf

I’m familiar with The Righteous Mind — but I don’t understand how to get your handout. Please tell me the steps.

www.frameworksinstitute.org has additional messaging tips (very easy to understand “messaging memos” and examples). Specific to US context...

I think this is a way to bring us together, because it forces us to look at different perspectives, too, as we try to understand our members of Congress who have different moral perspectives

Use the link just put into the chat or go to the resources page on our website for the IC

Yes it does, thank you!

Thank you Jim!

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Thanks jim

Thank you Jim, great references!

Thank you Jim, it has given me a lot of food for thought!

This was excellent!

Thatywas great

Snaps!

Thanks Jim! Very insightful observations.

. I just ordered the book

great job, Jim. Super interesting.

that was great, thanks

Thanksthankshtnaks!!

Thanks, Jim!!!

Thank you!

Thanks, Jim. Good job.

Very helpful!

Thank you

thank you!