S4E19 - The Role of Humor in Conflict and Controversy - A Table Talk

<p><strong>Uh oh. The guys are back from their August break and they are ready to talk! </strong>Today Lamar and Tom respond to a listener’s question about the use of humor in conflict and controversy. </p><p>The listener asked: “Doesn’t the use of in a challenging conversation where conflict and controversy is possible merely mask your real feelings? Doesn’t it just help you avoid saying what you are really thinking or feeling?” </p><p>Great question! And today Lamar and Tom try to respond to it - with a bit of humor included, of course! </p><p>Take a few minutes to listen or watch and then, tell us what you think. How does humor help or hurt when discussing issues that can be controversial? </p><p><strong>We all need a lift now. Hearing about acts of kindness can lift us all. </strong>Wow, Thanksgiving is only about 2 months from now! We’ve heard from a few folks and we’d like to hear from more. Have you done a kind act in the past year? Have you received a kind act from someone else? Come on…let us in on it. This is a time when we all need the lift that we can get from hearing about acts of kindness for everyday folks. Please take just a couple of minutes to share an act of kindness with us. It can be one you performed, one you received, or both. Click on this link to our<a href="https://forms.gle/5NQakn6bgeXpm2us5"> <u>Lamar &amp; Tom’s Acts of Kindness Survey</u></a> or copy and paste this address in your browser:<a href="https://forms.gle/5NQakn6bgeXpm2us5"> <u>https://forms.gle/5NQakn6bgeXpm2us5</u></a> </p><p>Finally, please share this survey because an act of kindness shared begets others.</p><p><strong>How We Check Ourselves</strong></p><p>Fact Checking: Because there are a lot of things happening…some true, some false, some unbelievable…we use the following fact checking sites. Take a look for yourself:</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.snopes.com/"><em>Snopes</em></a> - <a href="https://www.snopes.com/"><u>https://www.snopes.com/</u></a> </p></li><li><p><a href="http://factcheck.org"><em>FactCheck</em><u>.</u><em>org</em></a> - <a href="https://www.factcheck.org/"><u>https://www.factcheck.org/</u></a> </p></li><li><p><a href="https://www.politifact.com/"><em>Politifact</em></a> - <a href="https://www.politifact.com/"><u>https://www.politifact.com/</u></a></p></li><li><p><a href="https://www.realclearpolitics.com/"><em>RealClearPolitics</em></a> - <a href="https://www.realclearpolitics.com/"><u>https://www.realclearpolitics.com/</u></a> </p></l