>Of course the conclusion does make sense: that people respond better to the same facts and tensions presented from a place of constructive effort, optimism, go

>Of course the conclusion does make sense: that people respond better to the same facts and tensions presented from a place of constructive effort, optimism, good faith, and good spirits—the old thing about catching more flies with honey than with vinegar, right? I feel this is the difference between "protest" and "persuasion." Protest is simply stating what I believe in. Persuasion is communicating what I believe in in terms consistent with the target audience's values. The latter requires understanding different value systems well enough that you can speak to them credibly. I thought the book "Strangers in Their Own Land" [1] is a great example of that, where a self-described hippie Berkeley professor finds common cause about environmental destruction with people in blood-red Louisiana. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strangers_in_Their_Own_Land https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strangers_in_Their_Own_Land