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Alchemy for the Anxious: Turning Copper into Gold and Dissent into Hate

The Strange New Science of Moral Transmutation in the Age of ‘Anti-Palestinian Racism’.

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Freedom To Offend
Nov 05, 2025
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I saw it on Twitter, as one sees all new absurdities now: a cheerful advertisement from the Toronto District School Board calling for writers to help design an “anti-Palestinian racism” curriculum. They wanted people to explain that this new species of hatred exists, that …

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