{"id":1287,"date":"2017-03-06T05:41:06","date_gmt":"2017-03-06T10:41:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/?p=1287"},"modified":"2017-03-06T05:41:06","modified_gmt":"2017-03-06T10:41:06","slug":"march-6-a-lesson-on-complacency-from-history","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/?p=1287","title":{"rendered":"March 6 \u2013 A Lesson on Complacency from History"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"shariff\" data-title=\"March 6 \u2013 A Lesson on Complacency from History\" data-info-url=\"http:\/\/ct.de\/-2467514\" data-backend-url=\"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/wp-content\/plugins\/shariff-sharing\/backend\/index.php\" data-temp=\"\/tmp\" data-ttl=\"60\" data-service=\"gftr\" data-services='[\"googleplus\",\"facebook\",\"twitter\",\"reddit\",\"info\"]' data-image=\"\" data-url=\"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/?p=1287\" data-lang=\"en\" data-theme=\"colored\" data-orientation=\"horizontal\"><\/div><p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/030617_1040_March6ALes1.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/>\n\t<\/p>\n<p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 72pt\"><span style=\"color:#222222; font-family:Verdana; font-size:16pt; background-color:white\"><em>First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out&#8211; Because I was not a Socialist. Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out&#8211; Because I was not a Trade Unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out&#8211; Because I was not a Jew. Then they came for me&#8211; and there was no one left to speak for me.<\/em> -Martin Niemoller, pastor, initial supporter of Hitler, concentration camp survivor (1892 &#8211; 1984)\u00a0<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"margin-left: 72pt\">\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family:Verdana; font-size:16pt\">In school as we studied the events surrounding World War II it seemed impossible to me that one person could take a whole nation in the wrong direction.  Having been to several Holocaust Museums I have been further shocked that the atrocities of the Hitler regime were far worse than the text books I read described.  I came across the quote from Martin Niemoller who was a pastor and stood by letting Hitler gain power.  As I reflect on the quote I am wondering what action it is calling me to in the present day.  Maybe that is a good question for all of us to examine.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 \u00a0 First they came for the Socialists, and I did not speak out&#8211; Because I was not a Socialist. Then they came for the Trade Unionists, and I did not speak out&#8211; Because I was not a Trade Unionist. Then they came for the Jews, and I did not speak out&#8211; Because I was &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/?p=1287\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">March 6 \u2013 A Lesson on Complacency from History<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1287"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1287\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1288,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1287\/revisions\/1288"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cms.shelquist.us\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}