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I'm Not As Open-Minded As I Used To Be

On drawing red lines during a war.

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Shadi Hamid
May 13, 2025
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I’m not as “open-minded” as I used to be.

This puts me in a somewhat awkward position as someone who has long argued that basically nothing — and no one — should be beyond the pale when it comes to debating, short of actual, current members of terrorist organizations and admitted white supremacists.

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