That is a good question. Thank you for bringing it up amongst the discussion of whether the storming of the Houses of Congress should be labelled "littering" or "jaywalking". I would like to know how
@Athanasius68 feels about the Eastman Memo, too. I believe it was a blueprint for the takeover of the legitimate government of the United States by a group of conspirators. I am sure there is some legal name for that.
The legal name is "TREASON" with the indulgence of high volumes of white nationalist, who worship the delusion of white supremacy and think themselves as superior, as they indulged in seditious acts, and subversive tactics, that involved terroristic insurrection... to purse to enact their coup d'état.
There is no fictional summary that can dismiss those facts!
When white people stop waffling, which includes those who did not participate and including those who say they stand against such acts, sit silent, that too tells a story, of those who want to cherry pick what they want to retain of white nationalism, but they are too chicken-shit to admit it.
IF they were not seeking 'reservations" of what they want to cherry pick to retain of white nationalism... They'd speak out and they do so with detail, but as we note... many don't.
See its "what they don't say" that demonstrate their bench riding type of second string supporting roles.
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As Edmund Burke had said, much more than 100 years ago:
“The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil was that good men should do nothing.”
In 1950 the saying appeared in the Washington Post and was attributed to Burke as noted in the Yale Book of Quotations:
It is high time that the law-abiding citizens of Washington, and particularly those in organized groups dedicated to civic betterment, became alert to this danger and demanded protection against organized gangdom.
This situation is best summed up in the words of the British statesman, Edmund Burke, who many years ago said: “All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing.”
In 1955 a U.S. Congressman named O. C. Fisher wrote a short piece in “The Rotarian”, and he used an instance of the saying credited to Burke:
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He is a good man but he does nothing. His inaction is often the handmaid of evil. As the great Edmund Burke once said, for evil to succeed, it is only necessary for good men to do nothing.
In 1961 President John F. Kennedy addressed the Canadian Parliament and used a version of the quotation that he credited to Edmund Burke:
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At the conference table and in the minds of men, the free world’s cause is strengthened because it is just. But it is strengthened even more by the dedicated efforts of free men and free nations. As the great parliamentarian Edmund Burke said, “The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.”
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It does not matter so much who said it... it matters that the point is a true fact.
Each Person, has to face themselves and no matter how may coy games, covert aims, and passive retention of reservations that people hold, they can't hide from themselves. Often their silence in the face of evils, malice, racism, bigotry, bias, sedition, subversion, insurrection, and treasons acts show more of their complicity, than their defense against such acts.
Silence Screams.... when it comes to speaking out against evils, malice, racism, bigotry, bias, sedition, subversion, insurrection, and treasons acts, and that silence become the supporting chorus for such acts to continue.