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[–] DriftinGrifter@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 points 5 months ago (2 children)

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

[–] Aceticon@lemmy.world 8 points 5 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@midwest.social 0 points 5 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?