First They Came For The Other

Oct 30, 2008 08:36

In Germany, there is a kind of stomping stone, like a metal raised cobblestone, called a http://www.buzzmachine.com/2008/10/19/a-powerful-memorial/

The metal is engraved with the information on former residents killed in the rise of fascist socialism in that country. The actual artist who created these memorials was very active placing them http://www.stolpersteine.com/start.html

Do I believe there is a slippery slope to eroding civil rights? You bet your sweet ass, honey.

The first thing they come for is your right to date--your right to date a Jew, in this case. They change the laws, then they take steps toward enforcement that don't seem to be hurting anyone but the targeted group, like harrassing them with dogs as they try to date...oh yes, I know we would have to take a few fascist steps further to get there, you are quite right. Still, Fascism through a Fundamentalist Nationalist worldview sounds a bit more like us, eh? So we would have cops standing on the streets with Uzis, to protect ourselves from foreigners...just be a little more active than they have been already.

So instead of Martin Niemoller's 1955 poem-

"In Germany, they came first for the Communists, And I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Communist;
And then they came for the trade unionists, And I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a trade unionist;
And then they came for the Jews, And I didn’t speak up because I wasn’t a Jew;
And then . . . they came for me . . . And by that time there was no one left to speak up."

We have the American style-

"In America, they came first for the Anarchists. And I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Anarchist.
And then they came for the Gays. And I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Gay.
And then they came for the Pagans. And I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Pagan.
And then....they came for me....and by that time there was no one left to speak up."

RIP Martin Neimoller, go with the grace brother.

To all those who didn't pay attention, 500K$US is being dropped on the Yes on 8 campaign by the mother of the douchebag who runs Blackwater in San Diego, their new home. God only knows how much she is spending to assist 'The Call', the fundamentalist hate fest going on in San Diego on Saturday. The darlings of the right wing--openly at war with tax sheltered funding, dumping it into your state to theocratize you. I don't see many of my friends on the fence (I was probably on it longer than most of you.) That's why I love you guys. Gay, Straight, Bi, Lesbian, Trans, with a lemon twist, I don't care. Y'all my dogs. I'm for whatever marching you got this weekend. Bring it on.

the call (theocrat douchebags funded by, no on 8, sf pride, martin neimoller rip

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