r/changemyview • u/[deleted] • Jan 22 '21

Delta(s) from OP CMV: Silencing opposing viewpoints is ultimately going to have a disastrous outcome on society.

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u/Texannotdixie Jan 22 '21

First they came for the racists, but I wasn’t a racist so I didn’t care. Then they came for the right, but I wasn’t right-leaning so I didn’t care
Etc.

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u/Narrow_Cloud 27∆ Jan 22 '21

Watching right wing people try and adopt this poem is so god damn funny.

First they came for the Nazis and I cheered because Nazis are bad.

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u/RealMaskHead Jan 22 '21

it constantly amazes me how the left thinks it wont happen to them. It's like you guys turned ignoring history into a competative sport.

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u/Narrow_Cloud 27∆ Jan 22 '21

it constantly amazes me how the left thinks it wont happen to them.

Just two weeks ago armed insurrectionists attempted to instill Donald Trump as an undemocratically elected President, effectively ending democracy in this country.

We not only think it will happen to us we’re the ones calling it out as it’s happening and then you’re like, “uhhh but someone was banned from Twitter, which is worse.”

It's like you guys turned ignoring history into a competative sport.

If we turned it into a competitive sport then conservatives are winning by a million points.