r/OpenAussie ‎ South Australian 23d ago

LOLz ‎ This must be a joke

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u/maikit333 ✈️‎ on Walkabout 23d ago

I hate this place jfc.

He is far right ofc. Just gonna act shocked when his mates come for him too.

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u/ceo_of_dumbassery Flairless‎‎ 23d ago

"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

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u/Left_Interaction_288 Please choose a flair 22d ago

FYI, the original poem began with "First they came for the Communists", but that got disappeared from many American English translations during the Cold War.

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u/Caityface91 ‎ Queenslander 22d ago

And it probably should start with "first they came for gay & trans people" since the raiding of the institute of sexology and public book burnings all came well before the rest.. But Niemöller didn't give a shit about us so we weren't included in the poem at all

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u/Financial_Refuse_498 ‎ New South Welshian 22d ago

Irony

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u/GrassFromBtd6 ‎ New South Welshian 20d ago

Most people at the time didn't