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    15 days ago

    First they ignore you. Then they ridicule you. And then they attack you and want to burn you. And then they build monuments to you.

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        13 days ago

        This is a very common saying that has many variations on the internet. But this exact phrasing was used by Nicholas Klein at a convention of the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America in 1918.