WHAT IN THE BLUE FUCK SCOTUS :(

[Freeky]

Oh THAT quote.  Yeah, that's a really... apt one.

[P3nT4gR4m]

It's all good. I meant it tongue-in-cheek but y'know how the internet sucks for conveying tone.

He said :

First they came for the communists,
and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a communist.

Then they came for the socialists,
and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a socialist.

Then they came for the trade unionists,
and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a trade unionist.

Then they came for me,
and there was no one left to speak for me.

We're being broken down into groups and picked off. Only much more nicely than the Nazis did it.

"divide and conquer" - Julius Caesar

Kinda distillation of the one above. It's one of my mantras in life and becomes particularly lulzy (and no less effective) when applied to a single opponent 

[East Coast Hustle]

I'm so glad to be getting the America^TM I asked for, nay, demanded.

I'm so glad to see this sentiment coming from a thinking individual.  That means nothing will EVER change!

Oh everything changes. It's just, the more it does, the more it stays the same.

Truth, I suppose.  Blaming yourself for it is hardly good for anyone, though.

I don't really blame myself. I think there are millions of people who are doing what I'm doing - going to work or school, coming home and trying to stay ahead of the cleaning and repairs and shit like that, and then collapsing into sleep - without much left to spare for outside SERIOUS things.

I've had Martin Niemöller's famous quote tripping through my head for years now, every time I look at a TV or a newspaper.

I've never liked that phrase, America getting what it demanded.  'S what got my hackles up in the first place.  Sorry for snapping at you.

I've never heard of him, what did he say?

Like it or not, it's exactly how it is. Some demand it actively, others demand it by not opposing it actively, but the end result is the same.

[Doktor Howl]

I'm so glad to be getting the America^TM I asked for, nay, demanded.

I'm so glad to see this sentiment coming from a thinking individual.  That means nothing will EVER change!

Oh everything changes. It's just, the more it does, the more it stays the same.

We keep falling, but we never hit bottom.  There's a reason for that.

[Cardinal Pizza Deliverance.]

I'm so glad to be getting the America^TM I asked for, nay, demanded.

I'm so glad to see this sentiment coming from a thinking individual.  That means nothing will EVER change!

Oh everything changes. It's just, the more it does, the more it stays the same.

We keep falling, but we never hit bottom.  There's a reason for that.

It's a game of limbo with no limits on how low we can go.

[LMNO]

Link seems borked, doesn't have your quote.

Am I hearing that Miranda doesn't apply UNTIL the recitation has been uttered?

Because that's making shit LITURGICAL.

But hey, shutting up and asking for a lawyer is still the best bet.

[Doktor Howl]

Link seems borked, doesn't have your quote.

Am I hearing that Miranda doesn't apply UNTIL the recitation has been uttered?

Because that's making shit LITURGICAL.

But hey, shutting up and asking for a lawyer is still the best bet.

Invoking the 5th, verbally or in writing, has the same effect as being Mirandized.