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by Pastor Martin Niemöller

First they came for the Communists

And I did not speak out

Because I was not a Communist

Then they came for the Socialists

And I did not speak out

Because I was not a Socialist

Then they came for the trade unionists

And I did not speak out

Because I was not a trade unionist

Then they came for the Jews

And I did not speak out

Because I was not a Jew

Then they came for me

And there was no one left

To speak out for me

Think about it as the United States of America, a melting pot of immigrants and dreamers, seeks to legally wage war against the rights of women, persons of color, non-Christians, non CIS-gendered persons, and immigrant workers. This is our democracy at work. Be tolerant of others, as you may be next. Dee