Daryl Davis didn’t fight hate with hate. He told Joe Rogan how he did it instead. Daryl Davis didn’t go out looking to “convert” Klansmen. He wasn’t on a mission to fix anyone. What he did was something both simple and radical: he talked to people. He listened — not to condone, not to agree, but to understand what led them down such a path. And in doing so, over 200 people left the Klan. THEY changed their own minds. That’s the part we often miss today. We fixate on what people are — what label they wear, what group they belong to, who they voted for — without asking why. Without seeing them as full, complicated people shaped by experiences, fears, and influences. And because of that, we don’t engage. We cut people out. We write them off. No, we’re not telling you to seek out KKK members to befriend. But we are saying that it’s important to recognize that civil discourse isn’t just some feel-good concept — it’s a skill we’ve let weaken, and we’re paying the price for it. The alterna...