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Originally Posted by Cecil Terwilliger
Uhh, hate to break it to you but we are watching a wannabe dictator doing his best to end a democracy (arguably the worlds keystone democracy) and turn it into an authoritarian regime. Or do we have to wait until his fourth term to say we “lived through it”?
But you’re right, let’s feel bad for the republicans “caught up in such circumstances”.
I know when I think of the GOP and trump supporters the first thing I think is “innocent bystanders and survivors”. Not Mexicans in detention camps, forced unwanted medical procedures, black people systematically murdered by police etc. No, no, it’s the GOP who are innocent and survivors.
But you know better? Citation please
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I recently listened to this while staying at a Holiday Inn, so to the extent you can cite a broad argument, here you go I guess:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/...he_Third_Reich
To the other bolded, I wasn't responding about the people with anything resembling power (in either case), but rather innocent bystanders.
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Originally Posted by MarchHare
Nobody is saying that the Good Germans who stood idly by and did nothing to stop Nazism are equally bad as the SS and Gestapo who callously murdered Jews and other so-called "undesirables" by the millions. What we are saying is that by remaining silent against the tyranny of fascism because it was easy and convenient, they are complicit in the crimes of Nazi Germany.
"The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."
-Edmund Burke
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Somebody said exactly that in this very thread to kick off this wonderful nazi de-railment.
Many otherwise good people did something really stupid nearly 4 years ago. We'll soon find out if they repeat that stupidity or not. In the meantime, it's the otherwise/supposedly 'good men/women' in the GOP that bear the burden of inaction [or worse] here.