Hi, Paul here. I'm tied to a bed by a fan of my books that found me after a car crash & she's hurting me since I was going to kill off her favorite character. She just broke my ankles with a sledgehammer but I'm sure with these tips I'll finally have a constructive conversation.

Let's try reading this article since Twitch is broken anyway and I can't test the VR thing.

Mostly to not die or be harassed by the other side, who proudly bomb my people and celebrate their abduction and torture in lawless prisons without trial

One of the most common 'fake facts' I have to deal with is the notion that 'both sides' make 'valid points' and that I need to 'bridge the gap' while they try to strip my rights away or harm me, any tips for that one?

I've tried to ask "hi why do you want to kill all my people, we're a wildly diverse people spread over the world" and they responded "you're fucking sand n*gger pedophiles go fuck your goat I hope blackwater shoots you". Did I attempt curiosity well? I'm not sure it worked.

Oh they don't talk much to my people if they can avoid it, usually they just pass laws or attempt to harass, harm, abuse, or murder my people. I have listened to people talking about waterboarding my Arab family, do you think that means I did this step right?

Of course I understand that my physical response to being threatened with violent death and the response of the person that wishing for my violent death being told they're racist is very similar & that I should be understanding of the difficult emotional state I'm putting them in

Ground myself? Is that so the electrical torture devices they cheerfully support the use of on my people work better? I'm not sure whether you need the victim to be grounded but I guess we could consider the courtesy to make sure things aren't inconvenient for them.

I will keep in mind to try and fight the urge to consider the people who want me and my people dead are "other" or "enemies" and that it's not an "us" versus "them, the people who want to destroy us".

oh god you like scrabble too? incredible!

As they join the "Proud Patriots Defense Platform" club where they hang random photos of Arabs on the shooting range target practice board, I should join a debate club to have better arguments as to why they shouldn't try to murder me.

My opinion is "please don't hurt me". Their opinion is... well, I could post the torture photos from Guantanamo but since we both like Scrabble I think I'll listen to the guy that called me a "sand n*gger pedophile" talk some more, thanks CNN - much better already.

Very excited to go to the upcoming "BOMB MUSLIMS" meetup with this newly-found curiosity & open-minded demeanor to resolve a simple difference in opinion about whether I deserve human dignity & life.

Do you think they'd be upset it I wore a face mask? Might be confrontational.

Just sitting here devastated about that time I missed out on the opportunity for curious dialogue to reach an understanding with the Texas cab driver sharing his obviously valid opinions that if he'd ever meet a Muslim he had a gun in the glove compartment to take care of them