Let’s Face It: You Can’t Force People To Get Vaccinated, But Here’s How To Deal With Anti-Maskers
Listen
Nobody likes to feel that people are giving them instructions or feedback without hearing them out. I know: it’s very hard to want to listen to what an anti-masker has to say. This is not so much about absorbing their ideas as it is opening up their minds to your ideas. It’s about opening a dialogue. A dialogue involves two people talking, and that’s usually what people respond to better than a monologue. By simply listening to what someone has to say, you show them that, by the time you speak, you have taken their thoughts into consideration. It’s also shown common decency and compassion, and someone is more likely to hear you out if you’ve shown those traits.