ext_2299 ([identity profile] ga-unicorn.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] kristen999 2010-09-02 09:24 pm (UTC)

I don't want to argue numbers with you; it is obvious that we get our stats from different sources.

I mean that's like all Christan who don't go out and protest the KKK are supporting racism in this country.

Yes, that is exactly what I mean. So long as people turn their backs, refuse to speak up, to speak out, abuses will continue.

I think this is as relevant today as it was 65 years ago:

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.
…Pastor Martin Niemöller, 1945


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