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A Repulsively Casual Terrorist Manifesto

The New Zealand shooter’s text is unoriginal, but the ideology is potent.
Source: Edgar Su / Reuters

I have just read the manifesto written by the alleged killer of almost 50 Muslims in Christchurch, New Zealand. I can think of more pleasant ways to spend a Friday morning, such as nursing a throbbing case of pink eye, or seeing how long I can hold my palm on my hot plate without screaming. But the evaluation of nauseating ideological statements is a specialty of mine, and regrettably, today I am once again on duty.

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