Comment by cruzcampo

1 day ago

Autists are just an easy group to target that can't fight back too hard.

It's just the next step on the escalation ladder. They'll come for all of us eventually

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ryandrake  1 day ago

The administration's (and R party's) entire M.O. is now to find relatively small, easy-to-target demographic groups that can't fight back, exact cruelty on them to marginalize them even more or (in their view even better) stamp them out, and then go carve out another small, vulnerable group and repeat. We're going to see this pattern repeat over and over in the near future, and there will be many targeted groups.

  • cruzcampo  1 day ago

    That famous Martin Niemöller quote comes to mind:

    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

    If we don't aggressively fight this at every step, it'll be our turn eventually.

  • gizzlon  1 day ago

    > When the Nazis came for the communists, I kept quiet; I wasn't a communist.

    > When they came for the trade unionists, I kept quiet; I wasn't a trade unionist.

    > When they locked up the Social Democrats, I kept quiet; I wasn't a social democrat.

    > When they locked up the Jews, I kept quiet; I wasn't a Jew.

    > When they came for me, there was no one left to protest