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You would think the educated would be more delicate but cultural counter-examples abound: From Northern Irish poet Tom Paulin "another little Palestinian boy/ trainer jeans and a white teeshirt/ is gunned down by the Zionist SS" to Caryl Churchill's widely discussed play in which the Israeli adult explaining how to portray the conflict to a child, says: "Tell her we killed the babies by mistake."

Rabbi David Wolpe: Is It Anti-Semitism? Rabbi David Wolpe 2011

His question is legitimate -- not every member of Facebook is the next best hope for social change -- but in Gladwell fashion it is dismissive of many counter-examples where social media have been integral to transformative events.

George Weiner: Malcolm Gladwell: 9,999 Hours Shy George Weiner 2010

Difficult counter-examples for Tolstoy might be leaders of the middle of the twentieth century, including Roosevelt, Churchill, Hitler, Stalin, and Mao.

Tolstoy, Hayek, and David Brooks, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

You would think the educated would be more delicate but cultural counter-examples abound: From Northern Irish poet Tom Paulin "another little Palestinian boy/ trainer jeans and a white teeshirt/ is gunned down by the Zionist SS" to Caryl Churchill's widely discussed play in which the Israeli adult explaining how to portray the conflict to a child, says: "Tell her we killed the babies by mistake."

Rabbi David Wolpe: Is It Anti-Semitism? Rabbi David Wolpe 2011

Also, counter-examples to your regime change theory (as best I can parse it) include: Germany, Japan, Panama, ...

Gasoline Hysteria, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

In fairness to Casse, though, he offers specific counter-examples: Take free trade.

Do Voters' Biases Bias Policy?, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009

And innovations in the U.S. also provide compelling counter-examples.

John Farrell: Gas is Greener? Smearing Renewables Over Land Use Exposes Ignorance of Fossil Fuel Lovers John Farrell 2011

I can think of counter-examples, where the vulnerable sympathetic characters are killed off but it works, so I know it can be done well.

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And innovations in the U.S. also provide compelling counter-examples.

John Farrell: Gas is Greener? Smearing Renewables Over Land Use Exposes Ignorance of Fossil Fuel Lovers John Farrell 2011

But the myth persists, even in the face of obvious counter-examples, like this (emphasis added):

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