06-22-2021, 05:30 PM
Quote: @StickyBun said:
Lol, we all do!@IDVikingfan said:
I have much to learn!@StickyBun said:
Need to take a Dale Carnegie course. Belittling people is not a successful way to win and influence others. Belittling is all too common today in a variety of areas, especially on the web!@medaille said:
I don’t agree that people are stuck in their ways about the vaccine. There’s two main obstacles that get in the
way of converting people to that viewpoint.
The biggest obstacle the pro-vaccine community has is that many people
have a valid mistrust of authority, namely political authority, medical
authority, and media authority. It’s
unfortunate that in the past, that these institutions have eroded public trust
so far that it has created a large number of people that won’t believe anything
they say.
The second obstacle is that they (as a group) are horrible
at communicating in a persuasive manner.
You will never change anyone’s mind, by first insulting them. The pro-vaccine tribe’s dominant form of
communication is in belittling other people.
In this thread there are 3 replies to the original post, and all 3
replies have taken the tone of being a moral authority looking down from their
ivory tower dismissively at the bad people who are being irresponsible. This will immediately put everyone who isn’t
already on the tribe, on the defensive and make it harder for them to hear any
of their more factually based arguments. Yes, you've pinpointed it: the science backed information and overwhelming multitude of doctors for vaccinations just wasn't presented by nice enough people. If only they were more persuasive....more patient. The 'ivory tower' is just so high, I think the address is 103 W. Moral Authority Drive. The air is so rarified. You've convinced me. They just can't 'hear' it right, shame on us, the belittlers.