Compromise and Discourse Today Answers

What is an example of online discourse?

What is the definition of a compromise?

Which example describes face-to-face communication?

Read the quotation from a 2018 live interview with Mitt Romney when he was running for the US Senate. There are times in politics you look back and say, "You know what? I compromised my principles there. I wish I wouldn’t have.” And you admit that honestly . . . but on policies, policies we think are consistent with those principles . . . on policy, we learn, as time goes on, "Gee, circumstances are different than I thought. Maybe this thing I didn’t like is working better than I imagined.” And so . . . you can learn and see if there’s a way to find common ground. –Mitt Romney, October 1, 2018

Which idea is most important in discourse?

Stacey’s good friend Nick has posted something on social media that she finds offensive. The comments on Nick’s post are turning ugly. What is the best way for Stacey to respond to her friend?

Read the quotation from Barack Obama’s 2016 address to the graduates of Howard University. If you think that the only way forward is to be as uncompromising as possible, you will feel good about yourself, you will enjoy a certain moral purity, but you’re not going to get what you want. –President Barack Obama, May 7, 2016

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What must happen for true compromise to occur?

Read the passage. Anika and Mateo are on the planning committee for the Valentine’s Day dance. Their task is to set the price for the tickets. Mateo wants to offer tickets at a lower price if couples buy them together. Anika, who identifies as a member of the LGBTQ+ community, asks, "We’re going to discount tickets for LGBTQ+ couples too, right? We have an equal right to come to the dance as couples. Why should we pay more?” "No, let’s compromise.” Mateo replies. "We should have the LBGTQ+ students buy tickets at the regular price and then meet up at the dance.”