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The Day the Delusions Died
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A lot of people woke up on October 7 as progressives and went to bed that night feeling like conservatives. What changed?
By Konstantin Kisin
10.23.23 — International
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When Hamas terrorists crossed over the border with Israel and murdered 1,400 innocent people, they destroyed families and entire communities. They also shattered long-held delusions in the West.

A friend of mine joked that she woke up on October 7 as a liberal and went to bed that evening as a 65-year-old conservative. But it wasn’t really a joke and she…

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Konstantin Kisin
The Russian British satirist and social commentator is the author of An Immigrant's Love Letter to the West and co-host of TRIGGERnometry.
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