I suppose that specifically I am wondering if there are any things you do to perhaps:

  1. stay calm
  2. calm the other person down
  3. get them to understand you better
  4. understand their point of view
  5. diffuse trolls
  6. just be a good person who wants to participate in a conversation that enhances your understanding of others, different cultures, and the world and how it works
  • xkforce@lemmy.world
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    5 months ago

    Learn to recognize when it isn’t worth engaging further with someone. The point of discourse is to convince, inform or otherwise change how someone else sees something. If it is apparent that the person you are enging with isn’t going to do any of that or that you won’t, moce on and drop the conversation. It isn’t worth either of your time.