"First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out..."

[bigtree]

First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist.

Then they came for the trade unionists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a trade unionist.

Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Jew.

Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.

—Martin Niemöller

[CincyDem]

1. Never forget, Hitler didn't start with Jews.

It was Gypsys (immigrants in today’s world), homosexuals and other “deviants” (according to his interpretation). Once he normalized people disappearing…then he turned to the Jews.

Most of Germany shrugged because, by then, it was normalized on a local level and he controlled the media to hide the sheer scope of the final solution, keeping it unknown to many Germans.

We don’t have a Treblinka yet but we’re sure excited about our Transit Camps like Alligator Alcatraz.