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Originally Posted by BFT3K
?In Germany they came first for the Communists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist. Then they came for the Catholics, and I didn't speak up because I was a Protestant. Then they came for me, and by that time no one was left to speak up.?
~ Pastor Martin Niemöller, 1945
Just a little less freedom every day....
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Jesus fucking Christ.
A law is proposed to curb piracy and some prick throws in quotes about facism.
Freedom does not mean that you get to steal without threat of sanction.
But the Nazi thing seems be be used a lot in US political debate. Same with Obamacare, same with gun control debates. It just sounds silly to me.