Interesting question, lefty...

How to validate negative issues...

How about... "I see it as a situation that feed off of each side and resulted to where we are right now. You have made a good point. Yes."

"Could you define "good" as it pertains to us? I would like to understand your side and where you are coming from."

Just thinking some more...

“Things turn out best for the people who make the best out of the way things turn out” ― Art Linkletter

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