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Social science literature on persuasion

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It is a process of conversation and relationship over an extended period of time.

To persuade, you will want to invite people to reflect.

My comments on: https://twitter.com/AndyRowell/status/1222569455575760897 on

"It is possible to talk people out of bigotry. But the method that seems to work is time-intensive, emotionally difficult, and requires a lot of careful work to keep people from reacting defensively." Thread from Ezra Klein.

In the most effective sales call, the salesperson talks 46% of the time and asks 13 questions.
– Amit Bendov of http://Gong.io to Michael Lewis @pushkinpods
https://atrpodcast.com/episodes/the-data-coach-s1!68200

Elevate your sales game: The 11 best discovery call tips

"Felt understanding led to more positive intergroup orientations and action intentions in most contexts."
Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, November 2020.

Often people begin thinking like the people they are hanging out with.

"As individuals realigned their party affiliation in accordance with their initial abortion views, their other political, economic and social views followed suit."
https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S014759671930040X,

And on the morality of persuasion:

Originally tweeted by Andy Rowell (@AndyRowell) on October 8, 2020.

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Pastor's Life

Pep talk to pastors

Pep talk to pastors:
(a) struggling with the difficult of decision-making amidst the uncertainty of the pandemic,
(b) seeing high profile Christians act nothing like Jesus,
(c) with members snippy and outraged about our world,
(d) missing wholesome social interaction:
1. Be faithful. Have integrity. Teach the Bible. Pray. Care for people. The social science is clear that church involvement does indeed form people morally. And community participation helps health outcomes. What you do matters. Keep going.
2. Pay attention to the needs of the people who live nearby. With regard to poverty: partner with local organizations and government. Be a master of directing the needy to the resources that can help them. Then fill the gaps. And advocate for better resources for them.
With regard to a deficit of knowledge: people need content on the history of race in the US, why Christian faith is intellectually plausible, analysis of other social issues, relationship help, addiction info, and most of all, from the Bible, how to live as a follower of Jesus.
3. *Do* discuss ideas together as a board and as a church staff. Brainstorm ideas and try to anticipate whether the ideas will work. Listen, reflect.
BUT, there are few perfect initiatives. It is healthy to discuss, try something, and appreciate the limited success the idea had.
4. Fame, money, and size are not what determine whether an idea or person or organization was effective. Individuals and little groups do much good. They are light in a dark world. Joy is also often there. The world is not as it seems! Blessed are the little people (Matthew 5-7)!
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Eric Metaxas

Eric Metaxas punching a man on a bike

 

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This certainly seems like radio host Eric Metaxas punching an anti-Trump protester on his bike. It is what Eric was wearing and a woman cries out in alarm: "Eric!"

John Fea:

and better video at
Warren Throckmorton:

January:

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Eric Metaxas and Franklin Graham posing with Metaxas's children's books supporting Donald Trump:

Meme

Think Salem Media will fire Eric Metaxas? Very unlikely. They're pro-Trump.

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I'd forgotten that Eric Metaxas is a senior fellow at the Falkirk Center.

Seems like the guy who got hit was: instagram.com/antidote503/

The video is posted at: instagram.com/p/CEa6BYnhzof/

He and his roommate debrief the incident and then he looks at a photo of Eric Metaxas at 33:54 and says: "That looks exactly like him!" instagram.com/p/CEbKqhoJ2_u/

The guy who got hit says from 38:43-39:20 the Secret Service handcuffed him but then let him go after a bystander showed the Secret Service video footage of what happened.
instagram.com/p/CEbKqhoJ2_u/
Thread of David Frum tweeting in the past not to punch people when Richard Spencer and Jacob Wohl were hit.

The EricMetaxasShow Twitter account retweeted photos of the victim so I'll take that as a final confirmation that Eric punched him. (The victim said afterward on Instagram that the Secret Service let him go after bystanders showed them footage of what happened).

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