Hey, so fuck this tweet. It is recycled bullshit from WWII and I'm going to tell a story from WWII to explain why we should call out this bullshit when we see it. Some of us know this story, but it's an important one, especially now. Thread time. 1/

Most of us know the story of Sophie Scholl who, along with her brother Hans and Christoph Probst, were executed for distributing anti-Nazi pamphlets around the University of Munich in 1942. But how they were discovered and what happened after they died is rarely discussed. 2/

Sophie, Hans, and Christoph were distributing leaflets in their university's empty hallways between lectures. Sophie threw the last of them from a balcony and the action was seen by a university janitor, Jakob Schmid. He stopped them and turned them over to the Gestapo. 3/

Four days later, the three stood trial before a Nazi judge. Their parents weren't allowed in the courtroom. They were found guilty of treason and executed by guillotine only a few hours later. 4/

But what about Jakob Schmid? The lowly janitor that turned them in? He was given a promotion for his efforts. The University of Munich even threw him a huge party where hundreds of students cheered his actions. And he gave them all the Nazi salute. 5/

After the war he was arrested & put on trial. His defense: he was just a janitor doing his job. And distributing pamphlets was against university policy. That's all.

He left out the Nazi salute. He never offered back the reward. I mean, he was just a janitor, right? 6/

So next time someone tells you that fascists and their supporters are different and should be treated in different ways, tell them about Jakob Schmid. Bc you know what we call people who didn't necessarily call themselves Nazis but still voted for them? Fucking Nazis. 7/7