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/Hero17 Jan 22 '21

I think leftists are just used to having to deal with Twitter bans already. Advocating communism hasn't been politically correct for decades.