"I was going to die, sooner or later, whether or not I had even spoken myself. My silences had not protected me. Your silences will not protect you.......

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"Institutionalized rejection of difference is an absolute necessity in a profit economy which needs outsiders as surplus people.
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"My silences had not protected me. Your silence will not protect you. But for every real word spoken, for every attempt I had ever made to speak those ...