Thales@sh.itjust.works to Political Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 days agoAt least I didn't vote for a fascistsh.itjust.worksimagemessage-square48fedilinkarrow-up1748arrow-down120file-text
arrow-up1728arrow-down1imageAt least I didn't vote for a fascistsh.itjust.worksThales@sh.itjust.works to Political Memes@lemmy.worldEnglish · 13 days agomessage-square48fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarewheezy@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up3arrow-down2·12 days agoThey are potentially allies. But they are also just as likely to be the ones left when “there was no one left to speak out for me”. That’s literally the point of that famous poem. It’s about watching and doing nothing as Fascism targets each group they don’t belong. It doesn’t start with “first they came for the Liberals” it starts with “first they came for the communist”.
minus-squareQuadhammer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·edit-24 days agoThey’re coming for both of them dummy while you sit here and argue about ideological purity
minus-squarewheezy@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·4 days agoTalking about allies vs. people that will do nothing and watch as their neighbors are taken is not “ideological purity”. It’s just reality.
minus-squareQuadhammer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down1·4 days agoMaybe your goal is to make people hate leftists
They are potentially allies. But they are also just as likely to be the ones left when “there was no one left to speak out for me”.
That’s literally the point of that famous poem. It’s about watching and doing nothing as Fascism targets each group they don’t belong.
It doesn’t start with “first they came for the Liberals” it starts with “first they came for the communist”.
They’re coming for both of them dummy while you sit here and argue about ideological purity
Talking about allies vs. people that will do nothing and watch as their neighbors are taken is not “ideological purity”. It’s just reality.
Maybe your goal is to make people hate leftists