There’s an oft-repeated quote:
- First they ignore you.
- Then they laugh at you.
- Then they fight you.
- Then you win.
This is attributed to Mahatma Gandhi, but if he ever said it, he repeated it. The original quote is of Nicholas Klein, a trade-union activist in 1918:
- 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.
We can do without the monument. But where is Post Open in the fight? As of August 2024, we’re mostly being ignored, in some cases very purposefully, and I’ve not yet seen the start of ridicule. I’ll note on this page when that changes.