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All right.

Let's move on to another question.

This is from Adam B.

Glenn, in your recent conversation with Jason Riley,

you asked of the kindies and of the three-named crowd,

why does it work?

Why do the shallow arguments of the anti-racist folks resonate so widely?

Why do their narratives become the currency of the realm?

In that spirit, I'd value your thoughts on why Tanaasi Coults's writing on Palestine resonates so strongly with you.

I see Cotes applying the same lens to the Middle East that you've critiqued on race, a binary

or oppressor and oppressed strong emotional pull and a disregard for historical and structural complexity

without the grounding in reality and data that serious analysis demands.

Critical race discourse thrives because it offers emotionally resonant

shortcuts.

For those not steeped in history

or not willing to wrestle with it,

the heuristic is persuasive,

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