“...there’s not a single Trump supporter in this room right now and so you might imagine it would be really easy for me to speak in a way that denigrates both him and the people who supported him, but that’s not going to be how we heal our country...” @HeatherEHeying
Braver Angels
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America's largest grassroots, cross-partisan organization dedicated to political depolarization. We're fighting the forces of division to build a house united.
- Is it moral to engage with people whose perspectives you don't just disagree with, but believe are *dangerous*? It's a question we often get in the work we do, so @moniguzman asked moral psychologist @JonHaidt. Here's what he said. 👇
00:00 - "Once you accept a good-evil framing, you can't think straight. You become stupid." @JonHaidt In this interview with @moniguzman, Haidt explains why we need to "develop the rest of our personalities and stop just being impotent political hate machines." braverangels.org/whats-your-red…
00:00 - Trump? Biden? How about #EndTheDuopoly altogether? That's what @BretWeinstein founder of the #Unity2020 movement will argue for in tomorrow night's #BraverAngelsDebate. Join Bret @dickgephardt @ToryAnarchist & more as we debate election 2020 the BA way.
- Former presidential candidate @AndrewYang is launching the Forward Party: a third-party effort to depolarize our politics. Can it work? @SilasKulkarni & @JohnRWoodJr ask questions from a red and blue perspective in this episode of the BA Podcast.
- Believe in America. Believe in yourself. Believe that we can do good and be great.
- Better Angels is now Braver Angels
- Yesterday was a devastating day for our nation. It’s on each of us to stop this dangerous cycle of mutual destruction. No matter where we land on the political spectrum, here’s what we must do as we head into the upcoming election. 🧵
- On July 5, 2023—160 years after the Battle of Gettysburg—the unthinkable happened. We came to @gettysburg to launch a movement, bringing together 650 conservatives and liberals on equal terms to clarify differences, find common ground where it exists, and strengthen our nation.
- “In a healthy society you want a tension between liberalism and conservatism.” - @RubinReport at #FFest21, re: an exchange with @jordanbpeterson
- Violence has no place in our politics. Enough is enough. 💔 We’re thinking of President Trump, his family, and our country right now. This is a moment to come together and stand united against hatred.
- "If I can ever be helpful, I'm only a phone call away." From Arizona's outgoing Republican Governor @DougDucey to their incoming Democratic @GovernorHobbs, it's heartening to see such a message of support.
- "Nonviolence is humanizing. It 'does not seek to defeat or humiliate the opponent, but to win his friendship and understanding.'" We must reclaim the philosophical legacy of #MartinLutherKingJr in the form of Nonviolence. From @JohnRWoodJr




