• DriftinGrifter@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    6 months ago

    minding your buisness and not preventing fascist dictators has as a consequence that violence will be enacted wether you want it or not silence is violence not because of some ideals but because of the way reality is

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      6 months ago

      Or specifically in this case and paraphrasing somebody else adaptation on this and the original author’s whole point:

      “First they came for Palestinians but because I was not a Palestinian I did nothing”

    • archomrade [he/him]@midwest.socialOP
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      6 months ago

      minding your buisness and not preventing fascist dictators

      I like this because it is so flexible. Who’s the fascist? What constitutes minding your business and doing nothing?