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After a highly controversial US election, you're likely to come in contact with someone you don't share the same views with.
It's easy for these calm discussions to turn ugly. If they involve family members, it can make the holidays especially stressful.
These are the most successful tactics to help you get your point across in a courteous and educated way.
Drake Baer contributed to an earlier version of this story.
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Attacking someone's ideas puts them into fight-or-flight mode. Once they're on edge, there will be no getting through to them.
So if you want to be convincing, practice "extreme agreement": Take your conversational partner's views and advance them to their logical - and perhaps absurd - conclusion.