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| quote: | Originally posted by DJ Shibby
Yup, well said.
It's known as the "historian's fallacy". It's still important to do this, to redefine your values, but context is always valuable. |
Yes, it's important to redefine your values when you have none to begin with.
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"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." -Martin Niemöller
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