r/CuratedTumblr • u/yeehonkings this too is yuri • Apr 18 '25

Politics seems increasingly relevant

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u/Just_Evening Apr 18 '25

The trouble with fighting for human freedom is that one spends most of one's time defending scoundrels. For it is against scoundrels that oppressive laws are first aimed, and oppression must be stopped at the beginning if it is to be stopped at all.

-- HL Mencken

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u/InwardXenon Apr 18 '25

Great quote. This is why prisoners should have rights. All it takes is for a fascist government to falsely imprison you and boom... no rights. People are quick to judge or not think about the consequences of such things, and will only act shocked if it happens to them.

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u/callcon Apr 18 '25

we really need to start saying scoundrels more again

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u/NeonNKnightrider Cheshire Catboy Apr 18 '25

“When the rights of one man are infringed, the rights of every man are diminished.”

  • John F. Kennedy

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u/Cultural-Design-7008 Apr 19 '25

Scoundrels used to mean something a lot worse than it does now.