Republicans and Democrats view each other as threats. But labeling our fellow Americans won't help our country.
the actions and rhetoric of people in power. We have a responsibility to criticize our leaders.
But I’m not so sure that labeling ordinary people who support those leaders does any good. While it’s true that the power of demagogues comes from the masses of ordinary people who support them, it’s also true that the devotion of those masses stems from a moral outrage aggravated by the moral outrage of the other side.Monica Rodriguez, Eunisses Hernandez and Hugo Soto-Martinez are all trying to ensure that the scandal doesn’t harm vulnerable Angelenos any further.
When we use derogatory labels, we’re disregarding the lessons of nonviolent communication that are well-known among psychologists and mediators who study peaceful conflict resolution. “Most of us grew up speaking a language that encourages us to label, compare, demand, and pronounce judgments rather than to be aware of what we are feeling and needing,” wrote psychologist and peacemaker Marshall B. Rosenberg in his acclaimed 1999 book, “Nonviolent Communication.
In the era of social media, it has become even more trendy to troll and shame. But most of us who are in therapy have learned that moralistic judgments — in the form of labels, insults, diagnoses, blame and more — fuel defensiveness and doubling down from others. That communication style also stokes violence, according to Rosenberg.
It’s not fair that anybody has to engage with people less inclined to see them as equals, but what choice do we have? The only other options are
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