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Originally Posted by YourSelf  What would you have replied to that person? |
YourSelf, it's very hard for me to imagine myself participating in a forum where that kind of behavior is tolerated! It sounds like the Land of Lower Companions. Is that really the sort of person with whom it's important to you to communicate?
I thought you were talking more about in-person communication, but my advice to you remains the same, even for on-line chat. Is there someone on forums that you participate in that is the kind of communicator you'd like to be? Someone you feel is listened to and really heard?
That would be a good person for you to model. In that case, if I were you, I would even write to herm and actually ask them what qualities they think they have that make them effective communicators. My guess is that (s)he would be happy to be your model, and would learn something hermself from the experience.