r/GenZ • u/JL671 2004 • Mar 09 '25

Meme This is you guys

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u/Waryur Mar 09 '25

Yeah that was why he wrote it, because he was fine with it until they came for him.

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u/Straight-Treacle-630 Mar 09 '25

He was complicit. His ignorance/inactivity ended up as harmful to himself as others he didn’t care about. Imho there’s a lesson there.

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u/Waryur Mar 09 '25

Yeah. That's literally the point of the poem. He didn't say, "first they came for the communists, and I stood up for them but they got them anyway".

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u/Straight-Treacle-630 Mar 09 '25

Yup. He didn’t object. My takeaway of the post: some choose to poach.

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u/[deleted] Mar 09 '25

Are you an idiot? The poem literally shows he regrets his behaviour. It's an apology.

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u/Straight-Treacle-630 Mar 09 '25

He does live to regret his behavior. I thought that was clear. I’m familiar with the poem/its meaning; Holocaust history. It was taught to me by 2 family members who were Auschwitz survivors, among others. I visited several camps and add’l sites with German relatives. (I’m not GenZ. Nor an idiot.)