[thomasjoulin]

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 me—and there was no one left to speak for me.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_they_came_...

[gspetr]

> Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out— Because I was not a Jew.

This stand by Joel here is quite puzzling. Has Joel made a stand for the rights of gays and women in these countries?

Will he make a stand for Israel? 6 out of 7 countries chosen by Trump do not recognize Israel as a state:

https://www.quora.com/Isnt-it-pointless-that-some-countries-...

He moved to Israel when he was 15[1], served in Israeli military and was a community organizer there, so this is very unfortunate.

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_Spolsky

[mixedCase]

If only more american "liberals" had spoken out against their president waging war in Iraq, Syria and Libya; as fiercely as many of them are speaking out against their new president simply banning those countries' citizens from entering the US...

Who knows... I guess we can only now imagine what could've been.

[FLGMwt]

The action we take now is so we don't have to say "if only"

[mixedCase]

That's one way to downplay the tens of thousands of refugees displaced by the rebels the Obama administration armed, which, by the way, caused both Brexit to win and secured Trump's seat.

Good thing the Internet really went to town talking about how the left needs to be more introspective after Trump's win, it seems we all learned from that.

[adventured]

Except now it may be too late, which is why when you have a President that is of your own party, you protest their terrible policies so they will (hopefully) listen. Presidents do not tend to listen to the opposition protestors (and that's all the more true when said President's party has the House, Senate, and Supreme Court).

[AckSyn]

While we're using weak copy/pasta without real discussion, I have one that some people here believe:

Then they came for the communists, and I did not speak out because I was not a communist.

Then they came for the globalists, and I did not speak out because I was not a globalist.

Then they came for the SJWs, and I did not speak out Because I was not an SJW.

Then they saw that pretty much all problems had been fixed so they stopped coming for people. America was great again and everyone lived happily ever after.

Fin.