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This tour was a great way to connect with other folks in my community with a shared interest in the past. It’s reassuring that folks care so deeply about how we can apply nonviolent principles to create a better future together.
If you have the chance to take a tour like this, I hope you jump on it!
Before boarding a bus for a tour of historic Nashville Civil Rights sites, local community members met at Vanderbilt Divinity School to lear
What is the best argument against continuing a practice, just because of the culture or traditions?
80% of humans are most comfortable dealing with things the way they've always been dealt with, and worrying about how things make people feel rather than objective truth (source:The Myers & Briggs Foundation). If you understand this, the next intuitive leap is to understand that you can't change anyone's minds by rationality (source: The Backfire Effect) . All you can do is live your example, and stand by your principles. Calmly rebuke friends/family (if you can do so politely, and preferably in private) who violate your principles. When people begin to see you being happier, or more successful doing it your way, a small change in the circle around you will begin. It will then spread like raindrops in a pond, until it becomes (as a society) more convenient to change than to stay the same. It is a long process - generational, even. However, you can witness its progress in things like gay rights, a winding down of racism, etc.
What is the best argument against continuing a practice, just because of the culture or traditions?
"A nonviolent revolution is a revolution using mostly campaigns of civil resistance, including various forms of nonviolent protest, to bring about the departure of governments seen as entrenched and authoritarian." -Wikipedia
When I read this, my mind just exploded with possibility. Could we actually be on the verge of a revolution???
He was struck by the Egyptian protesters’ discipline in remaining peaceful, and especially by their lack of fear. “That is straight out of Gandhi,” Mr. Sharp said. “If people are not afraid of the dictatorship, that dictatorship is in big trouble.”
Shy U.S. Intellectual Created Playbook Used in a Revolution - NYTimes.com
It just gives me so much hope when peaceful resistance works.
