- What do you believe about this issue?
- What experiences or sources (people, texts) led you to have this belief?
- What is over-simplified about this issue?
- What do you want to understand about the other side?
- What do you want the other side to understand about you?
- What would it feel like/look like if you woke up and this problem was solved?
- What’s the question nobody’s asking?
- What do you want to know about this issue that you don’t already know?.
- Where do you feel torn?
- Can you tell me more?
Synthesis Questions: Based on this dialogue….
- What have you learned about others’ perspectives or your own?
- What has shifted in your perspective?
- What are some areas of common ground?
- Why do we engage with people with whom we disagree?
- What’s lost – personally and societally — if we remain in our ideological bubbles?
- What are your take-aways and/or next steps?