musing on the day

I wonder if people who were uneasy with the National Socialist Democratic Parties early moves were called fear mongers and people claimed the unsettling facts they pointed out were myths and fabrications? I understand people don't want to think about unpleasant possibilities, heck I get tired of it and avoid news sources that seem too overwhelming, but its frustrating to realize people I thought were thinkers are doing the lemming bit along with the folks I expected to be in that group.