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- By adopting language like kataplexis, we give ourselves permission to intervene, educate, and even legislate with clarity about the real nature of the problem. Naming what’s happening is, perhaps, the first step toward undoing its most corrosive effects—on individuals, on communities, and on the very fabric of our public discourse. If hate speech is not accurate enough, then perhaps kataplexis is the word we most need right now.