“I don’t know why you’re angry, it’s not like I was trying to upset you.” This statement violates which principle of active listening?

The speaker dismisses the other person’s feelings by saying there was no intention to upset them, rather than acknowledging that the person is angry. Active listening includes recognizing and accepting someone’s emotions even when you did not mean to cause them. So this violates “Validate emotions.”

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