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Jan 27 • 4 tweets • 1 min read
On #HolocaustRemembranceDay we remember those who died. We all promise not to let it happen again, and we all affirm we will always stand up against anti-Semitic, anti-LGBTQ+, anti-GRT, racist and other hateful and discriminatory views, and many then forget it in a heartbeat. 1/
We watch people saying how important it is to stand against this form or discrimination or that form, while then engaging in or defending some other form. We watch people going straight to the "Nazi" analogies to describe people they don't like. 2/
We watch genuinely harmful and hateful views, views which lead to people committing suicide in some extreme cases, and feeling destroyed more commonly, continuing to be spread. We see Holocaust denial rising and passed off as "legitimate opinion". 3/
We see those who have engaged in anti-semitism and transphobia, homophobia etc rehabilitated or excused because they are "on our side". This #HolocaustMemorialDay how about we pledge to stand against it all, every day?

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