#niemoeller

Voglio dedicare una poesia a chi dopo il mio articolo sull’astensionismo ha esibito l’immenso patrimonio di stupidaggini alla moda sul voto e sul diritto di non votare, che nessuno, meno che mai chi scrive, si permette di negare. A me pare che una scelta giusta in un momento storico possa essere sbagliatin un momento diverso. Nulla di strano se me ne vado coi sandali sulle spiagge dei Caraibi. Se…

With apologies to Niemoeller

First they came for children, and they did nothing— Because children cannot vote.

Then they came for black church, and they did nothing— Because they don’t let them vote.

Then they came for the Jews, and they probably do nothing— Because what happens in Pittsburgh is unlikely to swing the votes in Florida.

Black People Are Canaries in the Coal Mine

Niemöller, Johst and Bonhoeffer

Niemöller was not a narrow-minded person

Pastor Martin Niemöller is not owned by your philosophy. From Mondoweiss:

  Xenophobia is dangerous and narrow-minded. It flourishes on ignorance.

An ignorance of algebra combined with arrogance recently became equated with terror. Curiously enough, algebra came from the Arabic. 

A long list of English words are derived from the Arabic

  Fear of the…