That other can be Palestinians, even children. It can be women, even girls. It can be trans people, even trans kids, just trying to understand themselves. The specifics don’t matter, there is no why. All that is required is that your target can’t defend themselves. How broken can a society be that we would allow adults to shift so much blame for their problems to children that they could then justify violence against those kids? That, is America. https://newsletter.mattdragon.com/archive/things-im-reading-2026-06-24/