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Originally posted by tropple
That's what people in Berlin said.
"First the Nazis came 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. When they came for the trade unionists I didn't speak up, because I wasn't a trade unionist. And when they came for the Catholics I didn't speak up because I was a Protestant. Then they came for me... and by that time there was no one left to speak for anyone."
--- Pastor Martin Niemoeller
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This is maybe slightly different. You know, I don't think this group of crazy fundies runs the country, or has the power to persecute people. They have the power, and the right, to dispose of their own property in a legal way. I'm sorry, but your analogy is too much of a stretch.
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