Names and News - Talking to haters

talking to haters, gay writer, actor and podcaster Dylan Marron knows what it's like to deal with Internet trolls. His sexual orientation and liberal views have made him a target of abuse. But instead of avoiding his critics, the 29 year old has started talking to them. In his podcast Conversations With People Who Hate Me, Maren telephones people who have insulted him and tries to find out why. These are real people who have said things to me online that they wouldn't necessarily say to me in person, he told The New York Times. Marron says he can talk to people he disagrees with because he loves talking to people in general. When I was younger, I got a job at Whole Foods, which was an amazing job for me because I had a different human in front of me every 3 to 5 minutes, and all I wanted to do was here. Everything about them learning more about others makes it hard to hate, the Marron says. Once you hear someone's story, once you asked them that magic question that opens a lot of doors, Why do you feel this way? The world opens up a little Marin's friends warned him against doing the podcast. So to stay safe, he doesn't call anyone who has made death threats against him. I am still in the process of learning from this show, he told Fast Company magazine. But it's help me confirm a hypothesis. Most people's soften when they feel listened to, and they'll even listen to you in return.