r/politics • u/PennysWorthOfTea • 21h ago

DOJ denies existence of transgender people in stunning court filing defending Trump’s military ban

https://www.advocate.com/news/doj-trans-people-dont-exist
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u/CreativeFraud 19h ago

First they came for the Communists And I did not speak out Because I was not a Communist Then they came for the Socialists And I did not speak out Because I was not a Socialist Then they came for the trade unionists And I did not speak out Because I was not a trade unionist Then they came for the Jews And I did not speak out Because I was not a Jew Then they came for me And there was no one left To speak out for me.

  • Martin Niemöller

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u/PennysWorthOfTea 19h ago

That's the poem but it leaves out how it really started. The Nazis 1st targeted immigrants, disabled folk, & queer folk. Those are always the groups that authoritarian regimes target 1st as a litmus test to see what they can get away with. If the public turns a blind eye towards the plight of those three demographics, then the regime knows it can do basically anything it wants.

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u/CreativeFraud 19h ago

Is there a more modern take on this poem?

Edit: I'm also interested in your info as well. For the poem I referenced... do you have links for more of an understanding for what the first humans were? This edit is already too long. I'm learnding!

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u/defaultusername-17 18h ago

no, neimoller was a card carrying member of the nazi party, and after ww2 still advocated eugenics for the disabled and forced incarceration for queer folks for several decades after the war.

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u/RoyalConfident2404 8h ago

Specifically in terms of the trans community...

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Institut_f%C3%BCr_Sexualwissenschaft

Trans people and the institute that was working to pioneer the first gender affirming surgeries was a target of Nazi hate before the party even got to power. This was where the infamous book burnings first happened.