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no, i'm already with you on what it takes to genuinely dissuade someone from reactionary beliefs and insecurities. i'm more focused on getting people to be willing to engage at all. what's required of them in what you laid out about how to help these people work through their reactionary beliefs is emotional vulnerability and honesty. i have no idea how to prompt this out of them, and it seems to me that we live in times where people feel less and less able to actually genuinely socially connect in a way that builds up more resilient and well-developed humans. and that's online and in person. maybe my sample just sucks though, y'know?
I see . . . Yeah, if I knew about how to do that one then my life would be completely different. Exhibiting a mild degree of emotional vulnerability yourself can be helpful and so can expressing interest in what they have to say, but I don't really have any good suggestions for you that you haven't already though of. Sorry about that.
Ok, we're on the same page. Fair enough purpleworm. I'm with you entirely, don't worry about it.