Progressive activist group were least likely to have friends from other political cohorts. And i think that's one t you know, often when i'm talking to progressive campaigning groups,. That's one of the things that i'll really challenge them on and be like, if you need to try and change these people's views you don't even want to be friends with them. This mas such a fascining discussion wear rape, who ranhe ade tine. How do you bring up with someonewho has a fixed set of ideas that you want him to consider other views without sounding patronizing? And yen aselaseviga, question to t end ons.
In their recent book, Poles Apart, behavioural scientist Alex Chesterfield, public affairs specialist Laura Osborne and political advisor Ali Goldsworthy look at what factors drive society apart and what can help bring it back together. Economist and broadcaster Linda Yueh hosts a wide-ranging discussion with the authors exploring not only the cultural forces at play, but also the economic, political and social media triggers that tip people from healthy disagreement into dangerous hostility.
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