Mr. Funk E. Dude πŸ‘πŸ’¨

When challenging someone's perspective stop and ask yourself these questions...

1) What do I understand about the others perspective?
2) What do I understand about my own perspective?
3) Could I be wrong?
4) What do I want the other to understand about my perspective?
5) What do I want the other to understand about their own perspective?

If you find yourself skipping the first three, you're not really trying to have a discussion and may want to check your ego.

Aug 31, 2018 at 6:23pmWeb
Show threadMr. Funk E. Dude πŸ‘πŸ’¨Jun 24, 2025
Reboosting this because I see a LOT of people here lately who may want to check their ego.
Show threadHiro πŸ‡―πŸ‡΅ πŸ¦™Dec 19, 2018
@Mrfunkedude
They are all good points!

From my experience, it rarely does not come to the point of discussion though.

I have been practicing first three points past five years with my own perspective, even I have changed and shifted the way I think and believe. It was a challenge for me to start with the idea of "I can be wrong" and be alright with it. Surely it is a humbling experience. Sometimes it is heart wrenching moment depending on a topic.

Sometimes it accompanied with tears and heartbreaks when I share others about my experience and why I change the way I am. Usually people don't have patient even explaining their own view πŸ™„
Show threadMr. Funk E. Dude πŸ‘πŸ’¨Dec 19, 2018

@hnb sometimes, the hardest thing to do, it's to see things as they are, and not how we wished they would be.

I applaud your courage.

Show threadHiro πŸ‡―πŸ‡΅ πŸ¦™Dec 19, 2018
@Mrfunkedude
It is true. Accepting as they are, is rather hard, and needs practice.

And thank you. Your words a lot to me.
I'll keep practicing to be better at it.
Show threadjosemanuelApr 13, 2019
@[email protected] I disagree. Skipping the first three questions (at least at the beginning) is the basis of the dialectical method, by which, through a reasoned discussion, a conclusion can be reached from two opposing arguments.

Asking oneself those questions (especially the third one) would often lead to inaction, and nobody would learn anything.
Show threadMr. Funk E. Dude πŸ‘πŸ’¨Apr 13, 2019
@josemanuel you're assuming both parties are interested in learning anything. The checklist is an internal one to determine one's bias before a discussion takes place.
Show threadjosemanuelApr 13, 2019

@[email protected]

you're assuming both parties are interested in learning anything.
Shouldn't we always assume that? It seems to me pretty cynical (and I don't mean of you, of course, but in general) to think that other people post stuff publicly just for the likes.

Whenever I publish something, I'm always hoping for a dialogue that ultimately improves on what I'd written. And that was my assumption when I replied to you.

Show threadMr. Funk E. Dude πŸ‘πŸ’¨Apr 13, 2019
@josemanuel often people argue on social media not to try to understand, but to persuade. I caution against this type of thinking because I believe it leads to more division. Persuasion is good, but it needs to be balanced with understanding.
Show threadChris TarrNov 4, 2022
@Mrfunkedude Another big one is to assume positive intent. Don’t automatically assume that whomever you’re dealing with is out to get you or anyone else. Take a moment to understand where that person is coming from and make sure you aren’t misunderstanding something.
Show threadZeNeece πŸ¦„πŸŽοΈDec 12, 2022
@Mrfunkedude Have a discussion or argument, not to Win, but to find the Truth, as close as you can get to it.
And maybe, just maybe, learn to understand another person's perspective.
Show threadD AtweetDec 14, 2022

@Mrfunkedude

Excellent !!!

Show threadBellison22Dec 18, 2022
@Mrfunkedude So, if someone has a counter opinion, is that considered a challenge or is it just another opinion?
Show threadMr. Funk E. Dude πŸ‘πŸ’¨Dec 18, 2022
@Bellison22 well "counter" means " to act in opposition" so probably a challenge?
Show threadβ˜€οΈβœ¨π•π•–π•Ÿπ•Ÿβœ¨β˜€οΈ(Taylor’s Version)Dec 27, 2022
@Mrfunkedude may i copy this and use it for a work thing?
Show threadMr. Funk E. Dude πŸ‘πŸ’¨Dec 27, 2022
@SunshineGoddess You bet!
Show threadβ˜€οΈβœ¨π•π•–π•Ÿπ•Ÿβœ¨β˜€οΈ(Taylor’s Version)Dec 27, 2022
@Mrfunkedude thank you!!!
Show threadSmileyRach3 πŸ‡ͺπŸ‡ΊπŸŸπŸ»Dec 29, 2022
@Mrfunkedude Excellent. Thx for this. Sometimes it’s also worth asking β€˜Did I hear what was said (meant) or what I expected to hear?’ There can be a big difference between them
#Listen
Show threadBushbarkJan 5, 2023
@Mrfunkedude listen, and i am starting to use- say more. More information can clarify perspective.
Show threadCautionWIP πŸŽƒ+πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦+πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ= Jan 6, 2023

@Mrfunkedude
1. They’re wrong.
2. I’m right.
3. Nope.
4. Numbers 2 & 3.
5. Number 1.

That was easy! :)

Show threadMr. Funk E. Dude πŸ‘πŸ’¨Jan 6, 2023
@cautionwip FAILED.🀣
Show threadCautionWIP πŸŽƒ+πŸ‡¨πŸ‡¦+πŸ³οΈβ€πŸŒˆ= Jan 6, 2023
@Mrfunkedude Nope. See above. Number 2. :)
Show threadVoronJan 6, 2023
@Mrfunkedude after reading this & scanning your timeline I’d like to share something. I traveled Wisconsin while I was a board member of an indivisible group & the wis progressive alliance and Professor Kathy Cramer’s work rings true to me. She studied rural Wisconsin voters from 2007 on and wrote a book just before trump was elected β€œthe politics of resentment” she talks about the divide that we have this is worth the time and fits your views https://youtu.be/q66qht4fGlU
Full Presentation: Politics of Resentment: Rural Consciousness in Wisconsin

YouTube
Show threadZZ BottomJan 10, 2023
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Show threadpotatoxelMay 1, 2023
@Mrfunkedude you perspective is so tomat
Show threadMr. Funk E. Dude πŸ‘πŸ’¨May 1, 2023
@potatoxel I try.
Show threadDianora (Diane Bruce)Oct 7, 2023

@Mrfunkedude

Critical Thinking. So many let their amygdala overrule the prefrontal cortex.

Show threadSearingTruthMay 18, 2024

@Mrfunkedude

"There are few truly evil among us.

Just many misled."
SearingTruth

Show threadhairylarryOct 20, 2024

@Mrfunkedude

Could I be wrong ???

Nah, never.

Show threadMichael OrmsbyJan 31, 2025
@Mrfunkedude Excellent book that kind of addresses some of these issues…