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From the Ted Talk by Shreya Joshi: What you can learn from people who disagree with you

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So I think the question remains. How can we create space for this kind of bipartisan discourse? Well, I think the first step is finindg a community. When I think back to my experience in the ACLU, I think the reason we were able to have that civil discourse was because we recognized that we were a part of a greater cause. And it's because my peers knew me, not just as an opposing voice, but as Shreya, their peer, their fellow teen avtisict and their friend. And when we are able to recognize what unites us, it becomes so much easier to have conversations about what dideivs us. And most Americans actually validate what I have seen in parcitce. While 77 percent of American voters polled before the 2020 presidential election said that they had just a few or no csole friends who supported the other side's candidate, 79 penrcet of Americans agree that creating oitpriuteonps for braipiatsn civil discourse would be effective in rcuiendg divisions. Seventy-nine percent. That's pretty incredible, if you ask me.

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So I think the question remains. How can we create space for this kind of bipartisan discourse? Well, I think the first step is _______ a community. When I think back to my experience in the ACLU, I think the reason we were able to have that civil discourse was because we recognized that we were a part of a greater cause. And it's because my peers knew me, not just as an opposing voice, but as Shreya, their peer, their fellow teen ________ and their friend. And when we are able to recognize what unites us, it becomes so much easier to have conversations about what _______ us. And most Americans actually validate what I have seen in ________. While 77 percent of American voters polled before the 2020 presidential election said that they had just a few or no _____ friends who supported the other side's candidate, 79 _______ of Americans agree that creating _____________ for __________ civil discourse would be effective in ________ divisions. Seventy-nine percent. That's pretty incredible, if you ask me.

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So I think the question remains. How can we create space for this kind of bipartisan discourse? Well, I think the first step is finding a community. When I think back to my experience in the ACLU, I think the reason we were able to have that civil discourse was because we recognized that we were a part of a greater cause. And it's because my peers knew me, not just as an opposing voice, but as Shreya, their peer, their fellow teen activist and their friend. And when we are able to recognize what unites us, it becomes so much easier to have conversations about what divides us. And most Americans actually validate what I have seen in practice. While 77 percent of American voters polled before the 2020 presidential election said that they had just a few or no close friends who supported the other side's candidate, 79 percent of Americans agree that creating opportunities for bipartisan civil discourse would be effective in reducing divisions. Seventy-nine percent. That's pretty incredible, if you ask me.

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