Thursday, January 29, 2026

Courageous Citizenship Means Disagreeing Without Destroying Each Other

What does a functioning republic actually ask of its citizens? In this short clip from Episode 300 of Derate The Hate, Braver Angels CEO Maury Giles explains why courageous citizenship isn’t about being “nice”—it’s about owning your convictions while staying willing to understand those who disagree. Full episode available now. #CourageousCitizenship #DerateTheHate #BraverAngels #Shorts Please follow 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑫𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑯𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝒑𝒐𝒅𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒕 on: X: https://twitter.com/DerateTheHate Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DerateTheHate Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/derate_the_hate 𝑾𝒆𝒍𝒄𝒐𝒎𝒆 𝒕𝒐 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑫𝒆𝒓𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑯𝒂𝒕𝒆 𝑷𝒐𝒅𝒄𝒂𝒔𝒕! www.DerateTheHate.com *𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑣𝑖𝑒𝑤𝑠 𝑒𝑥𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑠𝑠𝑒𝑑 𝑏𝑦 𝑊𝑖𝑙𝑘, ℎ𝑖𝑠 𝑔𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑡 ℎ𝑜𝑠𝑡𝑠 &/𝑜𝑟 𝑔𝑢𝑒𝑠𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝐷𝑒𝑟𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐻𝑎𝑡𝑒 𝑝𝑜𝑑𝑐𝑎𝑠𝑡 𝑎𝑟𝑒 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑖𝑟 𝑜𝑤𝑛 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑠ℎ𝑜𝑢𝑙𝑑 𝑛𝑜𝑡 𝑏𝑒 𝑎𝑡𝑡𝑟𝑖𝑏𝑢𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑡𝑜 𝑎𝑛𝑦 𝑜𝑟𝑔𝑎𝑛𝑖𝑧𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑦 𝑚𝑎𝑦 𝑜𝑡ℎ𝑒𝑟𝑤𝑖𝑠𝑒 𝑏𝑒 𝑎𝑓𝑓𝑖𝑙𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑑 𝑤𝑖𝑡ℎ.