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In reply to the discussion: So when Trump supporters start showing up at D rallies... [View all]Glitterati
(3,182 posts)63. Wrong
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 meand there was no one left to speak for me.
Never forget what "behaving nicely" got us the last time a fascist came to power.
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 meand there was no one left to speak for me.
Never forget what "behaving nicely" got us the last time a fascist came to power.
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I disagree. You have a candidate basically calling to round people up
DemocraticSocialist8
Mar 2016
#9
let them yell for a while, then lead the assembly in singing "we shall overcome"?
0rganism
Mar 2016
#33
Jeb Bush was right when he called Trump the "Chaos Candidate", chaos follows him...
DemocratSinceBirth
Mar 2016
#34