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Maine-ah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-26-11 08:07 AM
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First They came... - Pastor Martin Niemoller
First They came... - Pastor Martin Niemoller

First they came for the communists,
and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a communist.

Then they came for the trade unionists,
and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a trade unionist.

Then they came for the Jews,
and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a Jew.

Then they came for me
and there was no one left to speak out for me.
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fittosurvive Donating Member (538 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-26-11 08:11 AM
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1. And your point is...?
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Maine-ah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-26-11 08:11 AM
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2. it has apparently gone right over your head.
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alphafemale Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-26-11 08:14 AM
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4. ...didn't even feel the breeze.
Edited on Sat Mar-26-11 08:14 AM by alphafemale
so to speak.

:wow:

:rofl:

edit because my smilie was broken
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fittosurvive Donating Member (538 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-26-11 08:48 AM
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7. Indeed, as is usually the case when presented with citations of past
accounts that are detached from a present event.
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Maine-ah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-26-11 09:15 AM
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9. it's not detached at all.
Granted, nobody is being rounded up and gassed...but rights are being taken away. If we don't speak up, and fight, pretty soon, it will be the rest of us.

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baldguy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-26-11 08:39 AM
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6. The Republicans are pushing Stage #2.
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fittosurvive Donating Member (538 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-26-11 08:54 AM
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8. Stage #2..? What was Stage 1?
Forgive me, but this must be a continuation from another thread that has been separated from the original line of reasoning.
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Maine-ah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-26-11 09:19 AM
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10. .
Then they came for the trade unionists,
and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a trade unionist.
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fasttense Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-26-11 08:13 AM
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3. Seems that the Tea-baggers have attacked all of those at one time or another.
I wonder who they will come for next?
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SharonAnn Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-26-11 08:34 AM
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5. The rest of us.
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NightWatcher Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-26-11 09:19 AM
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11. a redux for today. First the gays, then the teachers, then the unionists....
I've never been a gay union teacher, but having seen where this nasty road leads, I'll speak up for you
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Sky Masterson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-26-11 09:28 AM
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13. you beat me to it.
Great minds!
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Sky Masterson Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-26-11 09:28 AM
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12. You could replace those groups with many of the right wing targets
Gays,Immigrants,unions,Reproductive rights,Teachers..I'm sure I'm missing several.
:hi:
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Maine-ah Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Mar-26-11 09:32 AM
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14. right?!
:hi:
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