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   Kit Malone (thekitmalone@hoosier.social)'s status on Monday, 03-Mar-2025 00:15:04 JST Kit Malone

   That "first they came for" poem says you should speak up for certain minorities because eventually you'll be a target too.

   But you know, you could also speak up simply because it's wrong to target people. Self interest isn't the only reason to oppose oppression.

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     Kit Malone (thekitmalone@hoosier.social)'s status on Monday, 03-Mar-2025 00:15:02 JST Kit Malone

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     @voxofgod The story is that the author was a Lutheran pastor and Nazi sympathizer who turned against the movement after witnessing the horror that it caused. I think that's ok. I think the poem is ok. I just think it's a cliche that is overused by the simple minded.

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     Eli Wallach's favorite Bass (voxofgod@jorts.horse)'s status on Monday, 03-Mar-2025 00:15:03 JST Eli Wallach's favorite Bass

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     @thekitmalone I don't know where it is, but there is an excellent article floating around explaining how that poem was actually written by a Nazi

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     webhat (webhat@infosec.exchange)'s status on Monday, 03-Mar-2025 00:15:23 JST webhat

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     @thekitmalone Martin Niemöller was actually a Nazi, and after everyone was rounded up, he was rounded up because he wasn't enough of a Nazi

     The "first they came for …" isn't a call to speak up for minorities, it's a warning that even if you are a Nazi and wanted to minorities rounded up, they will come for you anyway

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