"We must remember how easily fear can masquerade as scholarship, and how quickly ideology can distort inquiry. We must distinguish between critique and condemnation, between analysis and accusation. … When we abandon rigor for rhetoric, we do more than misinform—we may become complicit in injustice."
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Massimo Introvigne, "A Modern Léo Taxil: Stephen Kent and Satanism. 4. Paranoia Revisited", Bitter Winter (October 4, 2025)
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