The Quick and the Deadpool

See full Gessen article on Lifton here. I've never seen a clearer, fuller explanation for the normalization of hurt people hurting people. Not a coincidence to publish this on 9/11. www.nytimes.com/2025/09/11/o... 4/4

"Angry grief, combined with military policy, fueled the indiscriminate killing that ensued. That combination of policy and emotion, or policy and ideology, is what Lifton called an 'atrocity-producing situation.' 3/4

A short while earlier, a beloved older sergeant from the American unit had been killed by a booby trap. The company commander, Lifton learned, had then told the soldiers, “There are no innocent civilians in this area.” 2/4

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From Justice Jackson dissent in injunctions/birthright citizenship case: “It is important to recognize that the Executive’s bid to vanquish so-called ‘universal injunctions’ is, at bottom, a request for this Court’s permission to engage in unlawful behavior.” www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...