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Sally Rooney’s Literary Mob
Sally Rooney, who is the author of Normal People. (via @Liam220262/X)

Sally Rooney’s Literary Mob

A group of celebrated writers is calling for a boycott of the Israeli publishing industry. Count me out.

Although some say we’ve passed peak woke, the modern left’s authoritarian impulse to push other people around is alive and well. It’s just that a memo must have gone out to the faithful that the agenda has switched, and now instead of black lives mattering or the climate changing, they…

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