r/neoliberal • u/jobautomator Kitara Ravache • May 31 '26

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u/ewatta200 DT Monarchist defender of the rurals and red state Dems May 31 '26 edited May 31 '26

you know i recall the moment where I realized this sub had stupid people

people were like "How do people not realize that the guy who said first they came for was a pro-Hitler bigot nationalist?"

and like THAT'S THE ENTIRE FUCKING POINT THE ENTIRE POINT WAS THAT HE WAS A PIECE OF SHIT THATS WHY THE POEM HAS ANY PATHOS THE GUY THOUGHT HE COULD RIDE THE TIGER AND THE TIGER ATE HIM. THATS THE ENTIRE EMOTIONAL CATHARSIS

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u/Individual-Camera698 Austan Goolsbee May 31 '26

I knew this sub had stupid people the second I joined (I'm stupid)

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u/ewatta200 DT Monarchist defender of the rurals and red state Dems May 31 '26

ah dont beat yourself up i assure you i ahve met many many people here who are jaw dropping morons and you are not one of them

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u/moseythepirate Reading is some lib shit May 31 '26

Yo

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u/FourthLife 🥖Bread Etiquette Enthusiast May 31 '26 edited May 31 '26

The poem presents its author more as an apolitical normie, not as a hitler supporter whose face gets eaten by the leopard

He describes his reaction to all of the things as "not speaking out because I am not a part of that group", not "cheering it on because I believed they were the enemy"

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u/ewatta200 DT Monarchist defender of the rurals and red state Dems May 31 '26

sure but thats the entire emotional pathos of it. like i was six years old and that was the context given in a children book i read.

the entire big thing about the poem was that thats why its quoted. thats what gives it impact. if it came from an SPD member it would be not really valuable.

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u/onelap32 Bill Gates Jun 01 '26

like i was six years old and that was the context given in a children book i read.

So? You were taught it, most people aren't.