Confirmation

I would like to think that I have confirmed others, even when I disagree with them. Right now, I can’t recall a time when I overtly disagreed with anyone or had an interaction that I felt completely against with another person. When people speak to me, I always make it a point to acknowledge and listen to them. I have always been taught to be respectful of others, so I definitely confirm people when they communicate to me. I also think to myself that if I were talking to someone and they didn’t acknowledge me, I would feel disrespected and upset, so I don’t do it to others. I think that for the most part, I try to be very understanding of whom people are and the ideas that they endorse. Just because someone disagrees with you on a particular idea shouldn’t take away from who they are as a person. I can see how it would be difficult to distinguish people from the ideas they endorse, especially if they are issues we feel strongly about. I definitely try to keep touchy subjects out of my conversations so that it doesn’t blur the lines of separating a person and the ideas that they may hold.