I wrote this post last year on the fourth day of Pride Month and it is every bit as relevant this year as it was last year. I long for the year when I can toss it and say, “well, we woke up, overcame the bigotry & hatred, and we don’t need this reminder anymore!” […]
🌈Then They Came For Me — 2024
Martin Niemöller wrote this poem at the end of World War II with the mission of getting the public to pay attention to the atrocities. After six million people perished in the Holocaust and a total of 75 million died in the war. The poem was written with a powerful message: to pay attention to those who were persecuted and ensure they have the same rights as the rest.
Jill Dennison of Filosofa’s Words wrote about it last year and in honor of LGQBT Month, has reposted it in hopes that this group also receives equal rights. I’m reposting it for the Ukrainians, refugees and other minorities who are on the run and finding comfort in new homes throughout Europe and the US, as well as foreigners in Germany- especially the eastern half – who have been targets of xenophobic actions for the past two years and whose future is questionable after the far-right Alternatives AfD swept the polls this past Sunday.
A Denkzettel to those who voted for them….
🇩🇪 THE FLENSBURG FILES
THE FLENSBURG FILES 
Thank you so much for sharing this one, Jason! It’s so important, and yet I think far too few are listening. Thanks again … I appreciate it!
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It was like that just recently with the European Elections especially in eastern Germany where the far-right swept the States and in three of them, are poised to enter power in September. I really think the population is nothing more but a herd of simple-minded, naive sheep who needs a Shepard to guide them and the elections will be nothing more than to see who will be that Shepard leading for years to come no matter in which direction.
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Yes, I was stunned by the wins of the far-right in the EU elections … wasn’t expecting that at all, though perhaps I should have been. In part, you are right … there are some who are either unable or unwilling to open their minds, to READ and research issues, to study history, and thus they are prime targets for manipulation by the far-right populists and the media. But not all of us fit into that “Sheeple” category … it just seems like it some days. Sadly, I don’t see this ending anytime soon … there will be a hefty price tag for our ignorance. Sigh.
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