{"id":1284,"date":"2016-11-20T11:11:25","date_gmt":"2016-11-20T16:11:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.markgustavson.com\/blog\/?p=1284"},"modified":"2021-04-16T11:07:53","modified_gmt":"2021-04-16T15:07:53","slug":"nonviolent-word-for-confrontation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.markgustavson.com\/blog\/nonviolent-word-for-confrontation\/","title":{"rendered":"Is there a Nonviolent Word for &#8220;Confrontation?&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;With a confrontation, an opposition is happening\u2014and the beautiful thing that can happen is a confrontation is the resolution.&#8221; -George Condo, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/11\/18\/t-magazine\/art\/george-condo-picasso-matisse-museum-berggruen.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/11\/18\/t-magazine\/art\/george-condo-picasso-matisse-museum-berggruen.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;beautiful thing&#8221; in the resolution of opposites is the awareness that both must exist or face mutual extinction. However, is there a word that suggests nonviolence rather than the violence &#8220;confrontation&#8221; evokes?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;With a confrontation, an opposition is happening\u2014and the beautiful thing that can happen is a confrontation is the resolution.&#8221; -George Condo, http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2016\/11\/18\/t-magazine\/art\/george-condo-picasso-matisse-museum-berggruen.html The &#8220;beautiful thing&#8221; in the resolution of opposites is the awareness that both must exist or face mutual &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.markgustavson.com\/blog\/nonviolent-word-for-confrontation\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":504,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[246,245,247,244],"class_list":["post-1284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-of-interest","tag-george-condo","tag-in-between","tag-ny-times","tag-opposites"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - 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