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Rage Against the Machine frontman Tom Morello shared a symbolic quote on Twitter speaking out against complicity in the face of evil, so of course it sparked the requisite outrage from Twitter right-wing political commentator Tim Pool.
The post in question, shared by Morello on late Wednesday evening, read: “German saying: If 9 people sit down at a table with 1 Nazi without protest, there are 10 Nazis at the table.”
— Tom Morello (@tmorello) June 1, 2023
The message is clear and timeless: if you don't stand up to hate, you're just as guilty as the perpetrators.
The quote echoes the famous Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. quote, “Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.”
As well as the anti-apartheid activist Desmond Tutu statement, “If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.”
Not to mention the Department of Homeland Security national anti-terrorism slogan, “If you see something, say something.”
Yet it didn't take long for conservative journalist Tim Pool to respond snidely to the post, dropping an F-bomb in the process, though not the one you're thinking. “Wow, i didnt expect Tom Morello to come out as a fascist,” he ungrammatically word-vomitted. “kinda sucks.”
wow, i didnt expect Tom Morello to come out as a fascist
kinda sucks https://t.co/PBIRoCSdMi
— Tim Pool (@Timcast) June 1, 2023
Users were quick to jump on Pool for mind-bogglingly associating calling out Nazi-supporters and hate speech with fascism, with comments like “My dude, I don’t know when you thought Rage was pro-Nazi, but the answer is never.” Another popular response read, “All the fascists getting pissed at Tom Morello for correctly pointing them out as fascists lol.”
Leave it to Twitter to make a controversy out of an anti-Nazi statement. If only Tom Morello had a better outlet to channel some of that rage he's undoubtedly feeling.
