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Swede

(38,372 posts)
Thu Dec 11, 2025, 07:57 PM Dec 11

"I will be next if I allow it to happen to other people."

A man’s statement outside ICE's Broadview Detention Center, saying “I will be next if I allow it to happen to other people."


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"I will be next if I allow it to happen to other people." (Original Post) Swede Dec 11 OP
But for some reason this fact escapes the average MAGA. harumph Dec 11 #1
MAGA thinking is for self. F everyone else IronLionZion Dec 11 #2
Imo, MAGA thinking is an oxymoron. littlemissmartypants Dec 11 #4
That is what we should all be saying. I'm white/male/etc. but it can and will happen to me. erronis Dec 11 #3
None have said it better that German pastor Martin Niemller back in the day: the nelm Dec 11 #5
TY Kick For Brave People like Cha Dec 11 #6
Cheers canetoad Dec 12 #7

erronis

(22,676 posts)
3. That is what we should all be saying. I'm white/male/etc. but it can and will happen to me.
Thu Dec 11, 2025, 09:23 PM
Dec 11

Unless I stand up for everyone.

the nelm

(244 posts)
5. None have said it better that German pastor Martin Niemller back in the day:
Thu Dec 11, 2025, 10:30 PM
Dec 11

"First they came for the Communists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Communist

Then 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 out for me"

canetoad

(20,241 posts)
7. Cheers
Fri Dec 12, 2025, 12:15 AM
Dec 12

To this brave person.Standing up for what's right should be the rule, not the exception.

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