Beware the communication police…

We all know communication is important. It’s at the heart of nearly everything that we do; how we form (and end) relationships; how we work and play; how we support each other or fight with each other. It makes sense to want to be able to do it well. Our desire to improve our communication skills has created an industry of communication “experts”. The internet is full of articles and videos telling viewers how to improve their communication.  Self-help books …

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Why so few online unionist bloggers, commentators etc..?

Good piece from O’Neill at the Open Unionism blog, which questions why there are so few online unionist commentators as opposed to an increasing number of nationalists… This is a question I’ve seen raised elsewhere in recent times, but O’Neill’s blog is the first sustained attempt at an answer that I’ve seen… Here’s an extensive clip from the middle of his blog, where I think he makes his strongest points: Republicans are born intelligent communicators, Unionists are naturally tongue-tied thickos? …

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