We seek to disagree accurately, avoiding exaggeration and stereotypes. We treat people who disagree with us with honesty and respect. We welcome opportunities to engage with those with whom we disagree. We state ours views freely and fully, without fear. We do so by observing the Braver Angels Way: Our mission is to bring Americans together to bridge the partisan divide and strengthen our democratic republic. Our work is about inspiring the beloved community.Īt Braver Angels, our work is about building a house united. Our work is about supporting a more perfect union. It is about challenging institutions to be better, building community together, and discovering what it means to be American in our time. It is about healing the wounds between left and right. Our work is about building civic trust in the USA. We say no to the break down of political and social life that it brings.
We reject the normalizing of this extreme polarization. They see them as enemies who must be defeated at all costs.Īt Braver Angels we do not accept this division. Americans no longer see their political opponents as simply wrong or misguided. Yet today, there is evidence to suggest that we are now as polarized as we have been since the Civil War. In other words the vitriol in American politics was a problem long before Donald Trump, Hillary Clinton and the 2016 election. This is why we care, and should care, about our politics.īut do our politics have to be demonizing? Does it have to bring out the worst in us? Do our politics have to destroy the goodwill of our society? Is the dehumanizing of our fellow Americans something we should accept?Īffective political polarization (not only disagreement on issues but personal contempt and distrust) has been growing between us for at least 25 years. American politics is competitive, thrilling, frustrating – and infuriating.
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