Fortunately for Quinn, not only was he NOT at the protest, those he worked with knew it. He was attacked in social media, especially Twitter. In another, Professor Kyle Quinn of the University of Arkansas was wrongly identified as one of the “torch bearers” in Charlottesville. In some instances, they have cost people their jobs. These same people have taken to social media to crow about how they have identified and “outed” those they identify as being “Nazis” in the march. Those condemning the Neo-Nazis who marched that day, especially the ass who drove his car into the crowd, recite it in support of their cries to take away the right of those same Nazis to march or wear the swastika or, in some instances, to even speak their beliefs. Right now, if you take to social media, you will most often see the above verse cited in response to what happened in Charlottesville.
Then they came for me-and there was no one left to speak for me. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out. Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out. We remember Martin Niemöller and his words about the Nazis:įirst they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out. There comes a point when you have to realize that no matter how well thought out your points might be, no matter how many facts you have to back your stance, there are people who aren’t interested.īut there are some issues where we can’t just step back. No, not by the government but by those zealots on either side of the argument – and it doesn’t matter which argument.Īt first, it was simply easier to walk away from the so-called discussions because it quickly became clear that those who said they wanted to discuss an issue didn’t. We might not agree with them, but we could discuss our differences without the conversation turning into a shouting match. These are the people who would, in many cases, be the voices of reason. These are the folks who don’t buy into either side lock and smoking barrel. It doesn’t matter if they identify themselves as liberal or conservative, libertarian or something else. The ones I’m talking about are those who tend to fall in the middle of the political spectrum.
Those folks don’t seem to have any fear of letting their voices be heard long and hard. Yes, both sides have their extremists, whether they want to admit it or not. No, I’m not talking about those on the extreme ends of the political spectrum. The fear I’m talking about is the fear of speaking your mind. It’s not new but, thanks to the media and social media, it is more pervasive.
There is another type of fear rearing its ugly head right now.
I’m not even talking about a parent’s fear of letting her child play outside or walk home from school by himself because someone might report the child as being neglected. No, I’m not talking about fear of walking down the street at night because something bad might happen. It is alive and well and living in the United States. Green – a Blast From The Past from September 2017 Yes, I probably should write one, but I DO have a book to write. *Amanda had a bad week after a bad week, so she’s not able to write a post today.
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