When You Demonize Others, There Can Be No Peaceful Resolution
For some, we no longer see political opponents as misguided or wrong; nope, they are evil. They are dangerous and present a threat to all we hold dear.
We see large swathes of humanity as enemies that have to be canceled, crushed, and eliminated.
Our society has become one in which vicious language becomes vicious action. Many think violence is justified when they feel leaders are failing. Once we begin to dehumanize those on the other side, it's a savage path leading to hate, contempt, and more violence.
We must end this cycle if we are to keep humanity advancing. We should rethink how we deal with conflict and foster more open, candid conversations.
We shouldn't fear conflict; democracy relies on it. It is part of our democratic global story. We have differences, we always have and hopefully always will. Differences should not be ignored and erased.
I propose we start by remembering our similarities. We are all humans worthy of dignity and respect.
Shocked or offended by another's opinion? Take a breath, count to 10, remember they have a right to that opinion. You do not have to compromise your values to authentically listen.
It's time we up our listening skills and really communicate. Let's use conflict to compromise and grow rather than demonize and destroy. Let each of us foster peace instead of violence and work together to advance humanity.
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During the past twenty-five years, Art has worked in leadership positions with a number of global firms and their call/BPO centers worldwide. Currently president and CEO of KomBea Corporation, Art has served for more than a dozen years developing and marketing tools that blend human intelligence and automation to improve call center phone interactions. Art has also served as executive vice president of business development and strategic initiatives for First-Source; CEO and founder of Echopass Corporation (the world’s premier contact center hosting environment, which was acquired by Genesys for about $110 million); CEO of Sento Corporation; and managing director and VP of European business development for Sykes Enterprises.
Art is a widely-published author of methodologies for BPO/contact centers, outsourcing, customer service, and technical support, and has served in leadership positions at Hewlett-Packard, VLSI Research, and RasterOps.