r/worldnewsvideo • u/PlenitudeOpulence Plenty 🩺🧬💜 • Mar 21 '24

Live Video 🌎 Rep Jasmine Crockett: “I haven’t asked you a question...When I ask you a question, that’s when you answer. Otherwise, I’m talking.” Tony Bobulinski: “Excuse me?”

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u/[deleted] Mar 21 '24

While often confused, the biggest difference between aggressive and assertive communication is that assertiveness includes respect for yourself and the other party, while aggressive communication quickly disrespects and often insults the other party, leaving yourself feeling guilty or angry.

TIL lol thank you for prompting this discovery:)

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u/Dry-Importance1673 Mar 21 '24

Where did you quote from? I’ve dealt with the ramification of the confusion several times but never thought to define the difference and like this a lot. I have always held important to myself the primacy of respect in all communication which may be why it resonates, but regardless I like it. Thank you for that

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u/regular_gnoll_NEIN Mar 22 '24

If you google assertive vs aggressive it pops up at the top for me haha

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u/apropo Mar 21 '24

You rock Stella!

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u/janet-snake-hole Mar 22 '24

Oooh thanks for sharing this!

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u/villain75 Mar 22 '24

No doubt!

We had it drilled into us back in middle school. We were pushed to be assertive and not get walked over, but to not be aggressive and walk over others. I hope they still teach it, it was really helpful for me, as I tended to be afraid to assert myself out of fear of bothering other people.