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50shousewife 24 points ago +25 / -1

I work in liberal land. Everyone I work with thinks (because of their own cognitive conceits and because of the industry I am in) that I also am a huge leftist. There are 4 of us that are not. Whenever a co-worker says stupid shit to me, all I do is agree ("yeah totally!"), then I act real confused and ask a simple Socratic question to get them thinking...

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FreeNow 12 points ago +13 / -1

This is best. Always start by agreeing with them, isolate the principle involved, then apply to a different case that creates cognitive dissonance and encourage them to agree.