Name: General societal / political discussion group
Start: 2024-06-20T19:00:00-04:00
End: 2024-06-20T21:00:00-04:00

The general societal / political discussion group is a place to discuss political and other controversial topics that we try to avoid in our support groups, hobby-oriented groups, etc. The topics discussed here are not, primarily, autism-related.

Some of our meetings will be devoted to the question of HOW to keep such discussions civil and HOW to discuss our differences in a way that leads to mutual understanding rather than hurt feelings. We will examine methodologies such as the Socratic method, and we will discuss such questions as which sources (if any) we consider to be reliable and why.

NOTE: The general societal / political discussion group is limited to people who either (1) have attended at least three meetings of at least one of the other groups that share this Meetup site, led by members of the Autistic Peer Leadership Group, and/or (2) have been personally invited by a regularly-attending member of the Autistic Peer Leadership Group itself.

Most of our other groups do welcome newcomers, and indeed make an effort to welcome newcomers. But please do NOT join the societal / political discussion group as a total newcomer to our set of groups, and please do NOT join this group for the sole purpose of promoting your point of view.

For more info about the general societal / political discussion group, please see: [http://autisticnyc.org/groups/our/soc/discuss/](http://autisticnyc.org/groups/our/soc/discuss/)

Our chat will be via our Zulip chatroom: [https://autisticnyc.zulipchat.com/](https://autisticnyc.zulipchat.com/)

In the Zulip chatroom, we will use a PRIVATE stream titled "societal: general politics". When you enter the chatroom, please post in the GENERAL stream and ask to be invited into the private stream.

Questions? Feel free to contact Mona Pereth via private message, either here on Meetup.com or via Twitter: [https://twitter.com/MonaPereth](https://twitter.com/MonaPereth)

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