Communication or not?

I have a good friend who has become slightly obsessed with a subject. She is determined to get her point of view across but I fundamentally disagree with her. I said as much on a post today but she wasn’t impressed. I can’t get her to understand you shouldn’t tar everyone with the same brush. Not everyone is the same, not everyone of a certain type of person will act in a specific way.

She started to talk about someone and I pointed out that my examples were not that person and I wasn’t going to describe or identify them. I don’t think that’s the right thing to do in public.

So why talk about communication? Well it’s that thing about nuance. Unless you write exactly the right words it’s hard to get your point across. Typing and texting don’t show emotions so maybe physically talking to that person might get your message across better than in writing. At the moment I’m nervous to respond to her, I  don’t want to lose her friendship.

One thought on “Communication or not?

  1. After teaching communication skills for my whole career, I’ve learned that a lot of times people aren’t looking for real communication. They’re looking for agreement. Physically talking to someone is the richest form of communication — we have tools we don’t have in writing or the phone. That’s why I get together with my neighbors. We have NOTHING in common, but we enjoy spending time together. Last time I had to gently steer one of them away from politics because I know the other one is on the opposite side. I don’t want us to lose each other.

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