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Tim Shriver travels the country talking to political officials, business leaders, and average Americans about toxic rhetoric, including hate-filled denunciations that experts say drive violence like the recent assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Shriver, the chair of Special Olympics, is also co-founder of the Dignity Index, which rates political discourse.<\/p>\n

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    Democrats and Republicans want to end their ugly war of words, Shriver said in Tuesday\u2019s Commons in Conversation interview. Both, however, worry about unilateral disarmament. His message: \u201cWe know this from conflicts throughout history: It doesn\u2019t matter so much who started it. It matters who finishes it. Who\u2019s going to end it?\u201d<\/p>\n

    All of us, he said, are responsible for creating the environment that contributed to Kirk\u2019s murder. Red and blue have fallen into a \u201cvortex of contempt\u201d where winning on political issues means attacking, demonizing, and dehumanizing the other side.<\/p>\n

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    \u201cWhich path do we choose going forward?\u201d Shriver asked. \u201cDo we collectively try to choose to treat each other with more dignity, or do we collectively join this outrage complex that, I\u2019m sorry to say, can lead to violence, and will.\u201d<\/p>\n

    People and organizations like the Dignity Index \u2014 groups often seen as part of the bridging or pluralism movement \u2014 are trying to change the culture at the grassroots level, something at which philanthropy excels, Shriver said.<\/p>\n

    \u201cI believe philanthropy is just awakening to the idea that this issue, in and of itself, needs dedicated resources and support,\u201d he said. \u201cI hope philanthropy will respond over the next five to 10 years and build real commitments to these spaces and to the people leading them.\u201d<\/p>\n

    Shriver spoke with Chronicle of Philanthropy<\/i> deputy opinion editor Nandita Raghuram at a LinkedIn Live event. Watch a recording on the Chronicle\u2019<\/i>s YouTube channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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