First they came for the scientists,
and I did not speak out —
Because I was not a scientist.
and I did not speak out —
Because I was not a scientist.
Then they came for the Trade Unionists,
and I did not speak out —
Because I was not a Trade Unionist.
and I did not speak out —
Because I was not a Trade Unionist.
Then they came for the Latins,
the Muslims,
the Blacks,
the Jews,
the feminists,
the LGBTQs,
the publicity hacks,
the Medicaid recipients,
the tired,
the poor,
the huddled masses yearning
to breathe our air,
the wretched refuse
of our teeming shore
(and still they sought more,
nearly everyone really),
and I did not speak out —
Because, well, push come to shove,
I was “none of above”,
as God is my witness,
it was none of my business.
And, besides,
I despised all those guys.
the Muslims,
the Blacks,
the Jews,
the feminists,
the LGBTQs,
the publicity hacks,
the Medicaid recipients,
the tired,
the poor,
the huddled masses yearning
to breathe our air,
the wretched refuse
of our teeming shore
(and still they sought more,
nearly everyone really),
and I did not speak out —
Because, well, push come to shove,
I was “none of above”,
as God is my witness,
it was none of my business.
And, besides,
I despised all those guys.
(The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil
is the natural coarse of human events.)
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(with apologies to Martin Niemöller, Emma Lazarus, Edmund Burke and. especially, Gerry and the Pacemakers)
is the natural coarse of human events.)
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(with apologies to Martin Niemöller, Emma Lazarus, Edmund Burke and. especially, Gerry and the Pacemakers)