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  • Immensely impressed by what XR has managed to achieve in such a short space of time. As a small case in point compare for example the number of comments/views here compared to the older "Climate Change" thread! No doubt in terms of more widespread public support/engagement there is still a long way to go, and conversations with friends have been dispiriting (just a bunch of hippies, get a job, etc etc). Ultimately once/if they start getting results it will become harder and harder to make such out of hand dismissals.

    One point on the non-violence principle - for me this is one of their most important values. Go back or weaken this point and I and I think many others would be out the door.

    In terms of influencing others, as XR refer to in their "no blame" principle, anything which smacks of being preachy or telling people what they should be doing emphatically does not work.

    In general I find a kind of nudging approach works. For example, if friends/family ask if I want to go on a trip requiring a flight, I just say no I'm not flying to go on holiday any more. Its rare this gets a negative reaction, at worst it promotes a discussion of why not, and at best changes their behaviour, without having to go on a guilt trip.

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