Precise analogy of ‘kids in cages!! I’m aware that family separation is still happening … “Trump doesn’t want schools to reopen because we’re ready or it’s best for the community you’re in. And you’re a special kind of stupid if you believe he actually cares for your children. The only reason Trump wants the schools to reopen is so people can feel like things are going back to normal. It’s another way to practice denial about the extent of the coronavirus pandemic. It’s a distraction to help reelect Trump.” … dammit!!
You know that famous quotation written by Martin Niemöller, a German who initially welcomed Adolph Hitler and the Third Reich…then turned against it when he realized what was coming. His quotation goes:
“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.”
Well, guess what. Now, they’re coming for you. Or at the very least, they’re coming for your kids.
If you did not speak out when the Trump administration started separating families as a policy of cruelty to deter illegal immigration, except to say “yay,” shame on you. You assumed…
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