When incidents quintuple and follow the same script, that's not hysteria. It's pattern recognition. Wrote about why we keep missing what's right in front of us: https://t.co/LFyja2BRnA
The NSW Premier warns of Islamophobia after Bondi. Meanwhile, antisemitic incidents in Australia quintupled in 12 months. We've become very selective about which patterns we're allowed to notice
Australia recorded 1,654 antisemitic incidents in one yearβfive times the annual average. Synagogues install bollards. Schools hire security. People calculate the risk that today might be the day. This is called a pattern. Most people grasp pattern recognition around age five.