jeffw@lemmy.worldM to News@lemmy.world · 5 months agoDonald Trump says he'll revoke Joe Biden's protections for trans people 'on day one'www.advocate.comexternal-linkmessage-square28fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareJustas🇱🇹@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkarrow-up0·5 months agoFirst 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 for me.
minus-squareretrospectology@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up0arrow-down1·edit-25 months agoFirst they helped fund a literal genocide, and I did not speak out— Because it wasn’t my realtives being killed by US bombs and I was afraid that standing up and doing the right thing would have costs for me personally.
First 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 for me.
First they helped fund a literal genocide, and I did not speak out—
Because it wasn’t my realtives being killed by US bombs and I was afraid that standing up and doing the right thing would have costs for me personally.