Why You Shouldn't Breathe

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Breathing is slow jamming the primal part of your brain. This is what protects you in a life and death situation. When you take time, just one second, to breathe, you're giving your biology the opportunity to override the ego. You can actually stand your ground while seeking common ground. And if you can do it with the sorts of methods, and the many more that i lay out, and don't label me, you will be heard in a way that you were never given the opportunity to be heard by your other before.

Irshad Manji has a lot of experience in trying to persuade those who really don’t want to be persuaded.

Early in her career, Irshad wrote two influential books that advocated for a reformed Islam. In conversations with religious conservatives around the world, she found that a combative style did not help her win adherents for her cause; instead, she started to acknowledge their views—before proudly arguing for her own. Now, Irshad runs the Moral Courage project, a pedagogical approach that hopes to make progress on contested issues like racism without shaming its participants.

On the latest episode of The Good Fight, Yascha Mounk talks to Irshad about why we should not judge those who disagree with us; how we can hope to persuade them of our own positions; and why we should be more optimistic about America’s future than is now fashionable.

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