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A CHALLENGER CLUB EDITORIAL SERIES / 01—20
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Extremism. Division. The difficult work of belonging. Twenty questions that ask us to examine our own choices—and listen to someone else’s experience.
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FIVE THREADS / TWENTY OPEN QUESTIONS
Where do
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01The pull of extremism
QUESTION 01
When does “protecting our own” become an excuse to hurt someone else?
Add your response ↗QUESTION 02What would make you call out hate from someone you agree with?
Add your response ↗QUESTION 03If a group gave you belonging, what would make you walk away?
Add your response ↗QUESTION 04Which warning signs of extremism do we excuse in our own side?
Add your response ↗02The divisions we keep
QUESTION 05
When did you last mistake disagreement for a threat?
Add your response ↗QUESTION 06What belief would cost you friendships if you changed it?
Add your response ↗QUESTION 07Who is missing when your community says “everyone is welcome”?
Add your response ↗QUESTION 08Have you ever shared something because it made the other side look bad?
Add your response ↗03The limits of dialogue
QUESTION 09
When does keeping the peace mean leaving someone else to face the harm?
Add your response ↗QUESTION 10What is the difference between being challenged and being silenced?
Add your response ↗QUESTION 11Who should have to do the work of a difficult conversation?
Add your response ↗QUESTION 12Can you understand why someone joined an extremist group without excusing it?
Add your response ↗04Accountability & a way back
QUESTION 13
What would someone have to do for you to believe they had left hateful beliefs behind?
Add your response ↗QUESTION 14Who gets a second chance—and who is expected to forgive?
Add your response ↗QUESTION 15What does accountability look like after the public outrage moves on?
Add your response ↗QUESTION 16Have you ever stayed quiet to keep your place in a group?
Add your response ↗05Community as a practice
QUESTION 17
What would you work on with a neighbor whose politics you strongly oppose?
Add your response ↗QUESTION 18If belonging has no conditions, how does a community protect people from harm?
Add your response ↗QUESTION 19What have you given up to make room for someone else in your community?
Add your response ↗QUESTION 20If your community were judged by how it treats its least popular member, how would it do?
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