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Right Wingers Have Always Laughed at Liberal Silence & Willingness to Compromise
There are very few people still left alive that survived the holocaust. Time has slowly removed their wise words and horrific experiences, however, I talked with a few and their stories are burned into my brain. These individuals, that defied the odds and made it through the horrors always seem to include their confusing and hurt at those that remained silent. The tales told cover the fact that many were neighbors that simply looked away or made excuses as the Nazis removed them from their homes. You see, enabling comes in many different forms and the right wing regime depended upon those that would say nothing or even retain the members of the authoritarian regime as their friends. When the cattle cars were passing carrying millions to their deaths, these people were gathering around tables for holiday feasts, lifting glasses of wine and toasting as they wore the blinders that sent so many to their deaths. Too cowardly to take a stand against those that they referred to as their colleagues and friends, they were as guilty as the Nazis for the devastation that ensued in the country.
I have had many disagreements with so-called liberals as they also refuse to give up their relationships with those that support the wave of right wing white supremacy that has engulfed a portion of the U.S. While they don’t talk…
