silence7Mar 8

Americans are Now a Target in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown

https://slrpnk.net/post/35024377

Americans are Now a Target in Trump’s Immigration Crackdown - SLRPNK

> A WSJ investigation tracked the U.S. citizens caught in the crosshairs of an aggressive government campaign to detain and demonize dissenters This post uses a gift link with a view count limit. If it runs out, there is a second one [https://www.wsj.com/us-news/immigration-protests-noem-minneapolis-0b8bd496?st=NdNJXB&reflink=desktopwebshare_permalink] and somewhat unreliable archived copy [https://archive.ph/t8sbd] which has the text but not the visuals. Many Americans can use their library card to generate additional gift links

Show threadOldQWERTYbastardMar 8

First they came for the Communists And I did not speak out Because I was not a Communist Then they came for the Socialists And I did not speak out Because I was not a Socialist Then they came for the trade unionists And I did not speak out Because I was not a trade unionist Then they came for the Jews And I did not speak out Because I was not a Jew Then they came for me And there was no one left To speak out for me

  • Martin Niemöller
Show threadATS1312Mar 8

Actually first they came for the LGBTQ+ people,

but Martin did not speak out

Because as a conservative catholic priest,

he agreed with it.

-History, actually. We CANNOT afford to leave Anyone behind like this.

Show threadhabitualcynicMar 8

Martin Niemoller, famously a prominent Lutheran pastor, was actually not a Catholic priest.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_Niemöller

I agree with your sentiment, but his piece is timeless and too important to history to misrepresent.

Martin Niemöller - Wikipedia

Show threadATS1312

Your wikipedia link shows this priest excited for Hitler’s rise, even voting for Hitler in 1933, after the burning of the [en.wikipedia.org/…/Institut_für_Sexualwissenschaf…](Instititute for Sexual Science).

While this poem is a useful tool, we cannot accept it being used by even the author to obscure the deaths of those he agreed with the Nazis about.

The Nazis had a slow simmer of hate for both Communists and the LGBTQ+ community. Each received state sanctioned violence at the hands of Nazis simultaneously, both being labelled as “un-German”

If you’ll pardon the inflammatory language, I’m going to continue communicating the same thought.

Institut für Sexualwissenschaft - Wikipedia

Mar 9 at 1:23amWeb
Show threadhabitualcynicMar 9

While this poem is a useful tool, we cannot accept it being used by even the author to obscure the deaths of those he agreed with the Nazis about.

That priest was a product of his time and place, and fully teaching his poem demands passing on critique of that basis.

Wholly agree with you here in the goal, sentiment, and calling out he’s a product of his time. Once again, here’s a conservative that only cared about something once it affected him. At least he left his words to the ages in hopes others would learn from them instead.