#FOTUS creates a huge amount of damage exactly like Hitler. He is following the same path that was used by that killing dictator when he destroyed the democratic system in Germany many years ago! Apparently you people didn’t learn anything in history class! Hopefully he will end the exact same way!
And the media conveniently didn’t say anything again. What happened to the free press enshrined in our Constitution informing the people about what’s happening in our country? Where are the journalists we depend on to tell us the unvarnished truth? Where are you? Where’s your courage to speak up?
Luckily there are still good people out there reporting the news as it occurs. The Contrarian is a new endeavor, and one of the few that are still free press not beholden to billionaires, with the courage to speak out.
It’s the perfect time to reread Wiesel’s “Night.” I am haunted by the scene where the Jews are waiting for the train to take them to the concentration camp. They could have escaped, but they could not believe the Nazis were really capable of such great evil.
This is exactly why Democrats have not been much more assertive. They believe in law and decency and were not able to conceive that a moron like Trump could actually convince people to believe and support his sick accusations and phony “truths”. We need to be relentlessly tough.
One of the wisest phrases ever. I've heard people say they don't want to get in the middle of something or to take sides. That tells the abused clearly, we don't care about you enough to help. Always take sides! 🗣 Speak up, help someone!
Try tell that to the rabid peacniks and Greens and such who helped elect 4F... ( FatFeloniousFascistFuck) .. I tried.. for years.. sometimes you have to put your ideology aside and care about the entire community..
If you don't take a stand, or want to opt out of this upcoming sh&tstorm, you can't. If you live here, you can't escape this as much as we all want to. If you say you don't care about politics, to bad you live in a country run by politicians. You can't opt out of this, unless you run to anotherplace
Thanks for giving a reasonable foundation to condemn firmly the genocidal politics of Israeli government !
Netanyahu and Tsahal are the main factors for developing and spreading the antisemitism all over the world.
He should be ignored because he was a professional bullshitter. The guy was an apologist for dispossession and ethnic cleansing when it suited HIS interests.
Thank you for getting this. Nearly all heroes have aspects of their life which are none to impressive. Doesn't mean we can't follow the ideas from them we find compelling.
But this clearly isn’t being done. Our govt here in the UK routinely talks about the Oct 2023 attack but not so much on the much bigger and deadlier attacks on Gaza since then. One seems to be more worthy of our condemnation.
You're absolutely right. Staying neutral in the face of injustice only enables the oppressor to continue their harm. Taking a stand, no matter how small, is a powerful way to support the victim and challenge the wrong. Silence is complicity, and we have a responsibility to act.
I'd also like to add that just being aware of something atrocious is enough sometimes. Some of us may not be able to do/add anything of value to aid a cause, but awareness is just as important.
Let ALL the politicians, especially those that were at the inauguration, and all the journalists hear that. They are extreme cowards and opportunists. It's disgraceful!
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Because you are neither hot or cold I wish you were one or the other but because you're not I'm going to split you out of my mouth. You make me vomit. Who said this?
I will never forgive the millions of Americans who think their vote doesn't matter, for staying home and not voting! Your silence now threatens all of our lives!
It's not about the person, it's about the weight these words carry for present and future events. This quote does not matter any less simply from whom these words came from. If people took this quote to heart, it may actually save someone's life one day.
A hypocrite can be right, speak truthfully, sure. But Eli abdicated moral arbitration, by supporting modern-day brutal colonialism, so his words ring hollow, are weightless.
Silence in the face of oppression, prejudice and abuse IS complictity. Neutrality benefits the oppressor, not the oppressed. Neutrality also benefits YOU. These are facts. A fact is suddenly no longer a fact simply because of who said it.
Absolutely not. Do you honestly think that this quote no longer applies to ANY situation, globally, ever again? That is EXTREMELY narrow-minded, and to be quite honest, quite pathetic. This quote, is stating FACTS. You can't deny facts, otherwise you are simply an idiot.
Okay so my stoned ass needs to stop smokin before bed cause i woke up, saw the picture and immediately panicked cauae i thought i was gonna read that text and see that ian mckellen was dead. Got so emotional so fast
I agree with this, but I do want to caution to always make an educated decision in this. Taking a side blindly may be conflating the aggressor and the victim. There are still people who feel that Russia is right in its invasion because they "had land taken away from them."
Yet people keep putting his face and words on social media! Where is the logic?! Stop talking about him and talk about each other and see someone needs a shoulder or a just a kind word for goodness sakes. You all don’t like him but you can’t quit talking about him, give it t a rest.
American MAGA 🇺🇸
You can NOT use anything from Hitlers /Nazi identitet in a democratic free world .
But it is not difficult to see Hitlers
Color ⚫️🔴
Rally with bully and lie talk
Insults, hate , revenge and easy words to remember on repeat https://bsky.app/profile/nomadmatt.bsky.social/post/3lgbhie67ns2l
That’s a very good idea. Unfortunately while showing empathy for victims of genocide in Bosnia, rightfully so, he wasn’t very vocal about plight of the Palestinians.
This is very important. If you are "neutral" you are in practice supporting the abuser.
The victim is Ukraine;
Tens of thousands killed.
The country's infrastructure is being systematically destroyed.
Tens of thousands of children have been abducted.
In the occupied areas, systematic torture, murder,rape and genocide.
Cause?
Russia believes it has the right to build an empire. The right to decide over others, and through this they deny everything the UN Charter stands for.
Russia should be kicked out of the Security Council.
Glad to see other people in the comments pointing out that Wiesel was a zionist. Someone who, after being subjected to oppression, chose the side of an oppressor; a genocidal hypocrite.
And how did you manage to link this very important idea to "escalating conflict at every opportunity" exactly? It's not about that. This cannot be your takeaway? Silence in the face of oppression and torment is complicity. Silence is often taken as agreement by oppressors.
It's not a situational idea. It's about humanity, morality, decency and respect. This planet and all its inhabitants, flora, fauna and humans alike, cannot afford neutrality anymore. It's about doing what's right. Neutrality is one of the things that got us to this state.
The words "always" and "absolutely" do not exist in reality as we know it.
I am careful not to use them lest they confuse others and will be bent for their convenience.
Confusion, delusion and mental health are real problems.
I take issue with the word "always." It's as simple as that. The notion of there being only two points of view on any subject is deeply flawed as it panders to confusion. Of course, I recognize global warming as an over arching concern. Course of action has more than two streams. peace
And peace certainly has never been given freely. Ask yourself, "By staying silent, will anything possibly get worse? By staying silent, will anything possibly get better?". If the answer is yes to the first question, then you need to take a side.
From things that I've witnessed personally around me, people who remain neutral about many things usually don't know as much as they think they do about those things.
Except peace has never led to any course of action. Peaceful protests don't help or change anything. If peaceful protests worked, the world wouldn't be the way that it is now. You have to fight for peace. It's not going to appear on its own. It won't fall from the sky.
Wow, just wow! This guy should be the last one talking about this, he’s a monster, he is complicit in the ethnic cleaning of Palestinians and genocide over the decades. Hell is where he belongs.
If only Kamala had come off her genocidal bent. We could’ve had her for president. But 1/3 of the nation said no thank you we are not taking either of the evils. The DNC really screwed this up.
The man was an active proponent of enforcing ethnic cleansing, just so long as it wasn't against who he viewed as his own people. Maybe get off your false high horse and accept that Israel is an apartheid ethnostate driven by grief, colonialism, and European supremacy
supporting Israel is the real antisemitism. Do you know why many America Christians support Israel so hard? they believe that it will rid the rest of the world of all Jews, and then Jesus will return to kill them all and bring on Revelations?
💯🎯- I get a lot further in truly understanding and sharing ideas when communicating calmly, using unemotional, critical thinking in a conversational tone; truly listening to understand with the objective of finding a solution to differences.
Always take sides, but not before educating yourself on the issue/situation. Far too often these days, people takes sides because they saw a 15 second clip that was manipulates of misleading.
"unless of course it's Palestinian Muslims & Christians slaughtered under Israeli bombs -- then I can forget my moral sanctimony and cheer that genocide on against those subhumans" -- Elie Wiesel, morally bankrupt zionist hypocrite
Israel is defending itself from a murderous death cult, go back to your comfy couch and screech about from the river to the sea where no one can hear you
No, they are victims of the actions of that death cult. Your support for the people who seek genocide and whose war crimes results in the deaths of Palestinian children is not consistent with any sort of Judaism I ever heard about.
I read Night in 9th grade. I still remember running into the kitchen sobbing when I finished it. When I said I didn’t understand how we could allow it all to happen, my mother smirked, like she was entertained by my disbelief and heartbreak. May us watching today NEVER become so indifferent.
I cried when I read it in school too, but I can't say I was surprised at all. I've been learning how the nazis treated us like common lab rats before I even hit Kindergarten.
Same. But it’s these first hand accounts, like the Diary of Anne Frank, that really had the most impact on me personally. I’m actively trying to pay attention to the rampant book banning. If they erase people’s humanity it’s so much easier to fill our country with hate rhetoric.
The amount of times I've seen people say this and only act it when in the audience with people they feel they can manipulate and power over or have a similar viewpoint, yet when the opportunity arises to confront the issue directly, the mouths are silent and the actions are non-existent.
Eliezer "Elie" Wiesel[a] (September 30, 1928 – July 2, 2016) was a Romanian-born American writer, professor, political activist, Nobel laureate, and Holocaust survivor. He authored 57 books, written mostly in French and English, including Night, a work based on his experiences as a Jewish prisoner.
Strongly suggest that we get Bishop Budde nominated for the 2025 Nobel Peace Prize. The nomination deadline is Feb 1. We should take quick actions. Nominators eligibilities: professors of social sciences & humanity, former Nobel laureates, statesmen & retired statesmen, MPs, congressional members...
Bishop Budde’s sermon was the bravest thing that I have seen in a very long time. If only our politicians had her integrity, conviction, empathy, and compassion, what a different country we would be today. I am agnostic. This isn’t a religious mindset, it’s a humane mindset.
I honestly don’t know if this applies to Trump. All he wants is to get into big fights on TV with the Democrats and create chaos. Left to his own devices, he is essentially a failure without his illegal shenanigans. Just ignore him is what I say, don’t give him what he wants.
Make no mistake, those dragged into it against their will are victims often as well. The rest of the world very much feels like a hostage to Americas decisions nowdays. 🙄
Elie Wiesel - survived Auschwitz, wrote amazing books (Night trilogy a great intro). No words to describe the collective works of a brilliant author, almost lost to Nazi Germany.
“Always take sides, neutrality only helps the oppressor.”
In spite or b/c fear, I started to reply to posts.
There needs to be more creative ways to resist. Their current tactic is to flood the media with the outrageous, offensive, and preposterous. Responding to that with outrage is ineffective and exhausting. Any ideas?
I went to 5 different high schools. And was tested at every one. Also because I was small and late maturing my dad trained me in martial arts. When bully’s tried to “punk” me, I broke their noses. And that ended that. I told the principal that if I didn’t defend myself I’d always be in his office.
Not enough people understand this. There is no fuzzy grey area of morality. You are either for it or against it. If you don't know enough about it, EDUCATE YOURSELF.
If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.
This depends upon you knowing all the facts or most of them but yes once intuition and instinct kick
In too there’s little excuse for not standing up
Unless you fear for you and yours then the real decision or courage I should say might happen
Because going along with things might be worse
End of the day expressing yourself without fear is ok whether u know facts or not i guess
it all gets registered
Silence is somehow not right here in important matters Buddha or not etc 😐🙄🤣
Churchill said, if you have enemies it means you stood up for something.
I picked a side, publicly.
I have people in my life who won't speak to me because of my political views.
That tells me that I'm on the right track...
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The same way we couldn’t believe that human beings could fly planes into the twin towers. They did.
Netanyahu and Tsahal are the main factors for developing and spreading the antisemitism all over the world.
Like Americans chanted back during WW II, "The only good Nazi, is a dead Nazi"!
1.458 days and counting until we get a new president.
https://dailycaller.com/2025/01/22/senate-democrats-block-gop-abortion-survivors-legislation/
Fuck them.
Be aware. Be media literate
You can NOT use anything from Hitlers /Nazi identitet in a democratic free world .
But it is not difficult to see Hitlers
Color ⚫️🔴
Rally with bully and lie talk
Insults, hate , revenge and easy words to remember on repeat https://bsky.app/profile/nomadmatt.bsky.social/post/3lgbhie67ns2l
https://foreignpolicy.com/2016/07/04/elie-wiesels-moral-imagination-never-reached-palestine/
The victim is Ukraine;
Tens of thousands killed.
The country's infrastructure is being systematically destroyed.
Tens of thousands of children have been abducted.
Cause?
Russia believes it has the right to build an empire. The right to decide over others, and through this they deny everything the UN Charter stands for.
Russia should be kicked out of the Security Council.
https://youtube.com/shorts/tFxOIGWwH6Q?si=24KUtQXj15WcV66N
I am careful not to use them lest they confuse others and will be bent for their convenience.
Confusion, delusion and mental health are real problems.
Is it constitutional to turn a party into a criminal enabler cult?
You lot would have hated him.
Muted 🔇 😘
‘Your silence will not protect you’
It's more important, the angrier you are.
🥂
Mark Twain
😭
Great book!
iirc he supported the Israel state against the Palestinians
The oppressors already won.
This should have been a meme 8 years ago.
Lots of places on the planet that your US Dollars will have you living like kings and queens.
When they know damn well you can't.
America is full of that shit.
Jobs, housing, education... The DMV
No, it's not easy. But nothing worth doing ever was.
You deserve better.
You Can do better.
Working men, women, LGBTQ+, non-whites, non-christians & those that trust in science WILL BE TARGETED!
DO NOT ASK "WILL THEY COME FOR ME".
ASK "WHEN WILL THEY COME FOR ME".
I struggle that ppl. I love/respect voted for Trump; they don’t see through his LIES.
I decided to reply, not merely repost; I hope to inspire, the way I feel empowered; & we create collect. movement.
peace
“Always take sides, neutrality only helps the oppressor.”
In spite or b/c fear, I started to reply to posts.
Not saying that fixes anything but his words are clear.
Desmond Tutu
In too there’s little excuse for not standing up
Unless you fear for you and yours then the real decision or courage I should say might happen
Because going along with things might be worse
it all gets registered
Silence is somehow not right here in important matters Buddha or not etc 😐🙄🤣
I picked a side, publicly.
I have people in my life who won't speak to me because of my political views.
That tells me that I'm on the right track...