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How Neighbors Kill Neighbors

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Hussein Hallak
Oct 22, 2025
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It starts at a schoolyard.

At first, it’s just a word, a mean nickname. But the more it’s repeated, the word does the quiet job of making a person feel more like a thing.

It’s easier to be cruel to a thing than to a person.

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The worst chapters in history begin in language. Societies don’t simply leap from peace to violence. They walk a path pav…

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