Sept. 4, 2026

It's Hard to Hate Somebody Up Close || Walling In, Walling Out, an essay from The Fulcrum

It's Hard to Hate Somebody Up Close || Walling In, Walling Out, an essay from The Fulcrum

A friend's Facebook post asks who's afraid of the truth. Corey wonders if he's who she means.

A couple weeks ago, The Fulcrum published an essay Corey wrote about an old friend's social media post, and what it stirred up about the walls we build online without meaning to. This episode, Corey reads it to you himself.


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