“Once you decide that a single vulnerable minority can be sacrificed, you’re operating within a fascist logic, because that means there might be a second one you’re willing to sacrifice, and a third, a fourth, and then what happens?” - ThreadSky

mattzollerseitz.bsky.social • 73 days ago

“Once you decide that a single vulnerable minority can be sacrificed, you’re operating within a fascist logic, because that means there might be a second one you’re willing to sacrifice, and a third, a fourth, and then what happens?”

Reposted from David Kaib

A lot of good stuff from Butler here. The questions are embarrassing.

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jimmy-jim-james.bsky.social•73 days ago

Hold this line and protect the smallest most vulnerable minority, and a million other battles will never need to be joined.

minerva-xk.bsky.social•73 days ago

Unfortunately, people don't care. They'll reap what they can until the time comes someone comes for them. Possibly they know their turn will come and they better have as many resources as they can for when that time comes.

elliotsperber.bsky.social•73 days ago

What’s with this consequentialist logic? It’s wrong in itself.

barbnevertrump.bsky.social•73 days ago

Immutable logic.

rudeartichoke.bsky.social•73 days ago

Or the women dying because of lack of needed medical care.

veekt.bsky.social•73 days ago

“First they came for the ….” https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_they_came_...

2pensi.bsky.social•72 days ago

...until one runs out of buffer zones...?

huge-jackedman.bsky.social•73 days ago

They're also just with us in the foxhole. They have to be because the other side wants them dead. It's monumentally stupid to stand up, expose yourself to the enemy and sell out the person fighting next to you.

Not only does it save the other side time and money, now there's fewer to help fight.

lsblum.bsky.social•73 days ago

Thank you for sharing.

rayanselmo.bsky.social•73 days ago

[martin Niemoller raises hand] "Ooh, ooh, I know that one!"

atheisthere.bsky.social•72 days ago

This can happen
https://youtu.be/uTpfIFcwSDM?si=S_eq11ZLd60VNCXP

energetic-nova.bsky.social•73 days ago

I feel more sacrificed before the argument started.

sifuabs.bsky.social•73 days ago

"First they came for X, and I did nothing because I was not X..." is poor planning because the further iterations here in America will not be "and then they came for Y...", they will be "and then they reclassified everything else as X in order to exploit the legal loophole we foolishly created..."

keysrgood.bsky.social•73 days ago

bigworker.bsky.social•73 days ago

If only there was a poem to help people remember how that process goes

poppyell.bsky.social•73 days ago

📌 excellent article

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