I have never seen the actual full quote before because it's been repurposed so many times, but it turns out it is defense of communist Jews all along.
Go ahead and Google it. They cut off the part about communism 99% of the time and skip to the socialists and trade union parts make it sound unreasonable and pretend that communists aren't ALSO almost entirely socialists, trade unionists, and Jews, especially in the 20th century.
They're the same thing!
@shortstories @blitzdriver that's the full quote. It was simply a mental trick to get people to believe that any crackdown was an attack upon multiple groups and that YOU are next unless you protect the Communists.
@blitzdriver @Tfmonkey
Is there anyone else listed who is not communist adjacent or is that the full quote?
I did not realize it was all communists and communist adjacent groups until you explained it
International Workers of the World is split between supporters of Marxism and supporters of Anarcho-syndicalism who are communist adjacent