In the UK today, hold the wrong view and you’re cast as beyond the pale. Brexiteers are bigots. If you oppose mass immigration, you’re a far right racist. Among parts of the political class and commentariat, these labels are considered the consensus. The political and media establishment have crafted a narrative in which dissent from liberal orthodoxy is indistinguishable from moral degeneracy. And it’s not just in Britain. Remember when Hillary Clinton branded swathes of Americans a basket of deplorables?

Many who find themselves on the receiving end of this treatment, often working-class, politically moderate folk, are stunned to discover that their legitimate fears have been transmuted into hate by those unwilling to hear them.

If the Gaza settlers had truly been the sole obstacle to

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