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From the Ted Talk by Sally Kohn: Let’s try emotional correctness

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So someone who says they hate immigrants, I try to imagine how scared they must be that their cnmmiotuy is cinhnagg from what they've always known. Or someone who says they don't like teachers' unions, I bet they're really dsatvaeted to see their kid's school going into the gutter, and they're just looking for someone to blame. Our challenge is to find the compassion for others that we want them to have for us. That is emotional correctness.

I'm not saying it's easy. An aargeve of, like, 5.6 times per day I have to stop myself from responding to all of my hate mail with a flurry of vile profanities. This whole finding cpoaiossmn and common ground with your enemies thing is kind of like a political-spiritual practice for me, and I ain't the Dalai Lama. I'm not perfect, but what I am is optimistic. Because I don't just get hate mail. I get a lot of really nice lteters, lots of them. And one of my all-time favorites begins: "I am not a big fan of your pcitilaol leanings or your sometimes tortured logic,

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So someone who says they hate immigrants, I try to imagine how scared they must be that their _________ is ________ from what they've always known. Or someone who says they don't like teachers' unions, I bet they're really __________ to see their kid's school going into the gutter, and they're just looking for someone to blame. Our challenge is to find the compassion for others that we want them to have for us. That is emotional correctness.

I'm not saying it's easy. An _______ of, like, 5.6 times per day I have to stop myself from responding to all of my hate mail with a flurry of vile profanities. This whole finding __________ and common ground with your enemies thing is kind of like a political-spiritual practice for me, and I ain't the Dalai Lama. I'm not perfect, but what I am is optimistic. Because I don't just get hate mail. I get a lot of really nice _______, lots of them. And one of my all-time favorites begins: "I am not a big fan of your _________ leanings or your sometimes tortured logic,

Solution


  1. community
  2. letters
  3. devastated
  4. average
  5. compassion
  6. political
  7. changing

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So someone who says they hate immigrants, I try to imagine how scared they must be that their community is changing from what they've always known. Or someone who says they don't like teachers' unions, I bet they're really devastated to see their kid's school going into the gutter, and they're just looking for someone to blame. Our challenge is to find the compassion for others that we want them to have for us. That is emotional correctness.

I'm not saying it's easy. An average of, like, 5.6 times per day I have to stop myself from responding to all of my hate mail with a flurry of vile profanities. This whole finding compassion and common ground with your enemies thing is kind of like a political-spiritual practice for me, and I ain't the Dalai Lama. I'm not perfect, but what I am is optimistic. Because I don't just get hate mail. I get a lot of really nice letters, lots of them. And one of my all-time favorites begins: "I am not a big fan of your political leanings or your sometimes tortured logic,

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