There are times when it can seem appropriate to a person who holds a public position or office to challenge someone publicly with whom they disagree. That public challenge will gain support from people of a like mind, but it will not build trust with the one who is being challenged. In the end, it is more divisive than inclusive.

To celebrate such a challenge reveals that those celebrating the challenge without exercising discernment have failed to understand there is something greater at play. The greater and more impactful approach is to honor the one being challenged in private before taking it public, instead of using the public confrontation as an attempt to gain their fifteen minutes of fame. 

Displaying honor first in private, even with those with whom we strongly disagree, will always gain more traction. Giving a person the honor of a private conversation may even cause the one being challenged to reconsider some elements of their actions that initiated the public confrontation in the first place.