Tagged as: niemoller

Jen Sorensen describes the lack of actual, principled ideas in our current world, an example of sarcasm in defense of freedom, which should be the purpose of editorial cartooning, though we also see it used for just the opposite purpose: To reinforce prejudice and paranoia.   Drew Sheneman (Tribune) echoes her argument, but is more […]

Couldn’t decide whether to start or end with Scott Stantis‘ take, but I don’t suppose it much matters. Martin Niemöller is often quoted, though generally in a kind of philosophical, theoretical manner. First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—because I was not a socialist. Then they came for the trade […]