Absolutely, it's why I'm passionate about teaching these skills. We must be able to debate ideas without attacking people and disagree with respect without dehumanising others.
Great question. I think we can be vehemently opposed to what someone stands for and the decisions they make without lowering ourselves to their standards of behaviour. As Michelle Obama said: "When they go low, we go high". We need to model the behaviour we want to see in others and lead by example. That doesn't mean going soft - not at all - but we can hold people accountable and call out poor behaviour in a strong and dignified way, even when respect is not what we get back.
@@leahmether5323why should we be nice to someone who is a pathological liar out to destroy women's rights and democracy itself? Sorry but you please is naive. Donald Trump has turned the US Republican Party into a cult. How does one deprogram its followers? MAGAts refuse to listen to truth and meaningful debate and are out to "own libs", and will sacrifice their rights to destroy those of others.
