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[Guest guest]

The Modern Version of " First They Came "

By Vicki Robison

First they came for the tax resistors,

and I didn't speak out because

I wasn't a tax resistor

and I believed the government

when they said that forcing

people to forfeit a percentage of their

labor was not a violation of their rights.

Then they came for the cult members,

and i didn't speak out because

I wasn't a cult member

and I believed the government

when they said non-approved

religions were cults,

and all cult members were dangerous.

Then they came for the domestic terrorists,

and I didn't speak out because

I wasn't a domestic terrorist

and I believed the

government's official story of

the Oklahoma City bombing,

and that domestic terrorists

were everywhere, endangering society.

Then they came for the Muslim terrorists,

and I didn't speak out because

I wasn't a Muslim terrorist and I believed the

government's official story of 9/11,

and that Muslim terrorists

were everywhere, endangering the world.

Then they came for the " radicals " ,

and I didn't speak out because I wasn't a radical

and I believed the government

when they said radicals were everywhere,

and were no different than terrorists.

Then they came for the patriots,

and I didn't speak out because

I wasn't a patriot and I believed the government

when they said that patriots are as dangerous

as radicals and terrorists.

Then they came for the veterans,

and I didn't speak out because

I wasn't a veteran and I believed the government

when they said that veterans are potential

terrorists, radicals and patriots.

Then they came for the natural healers,

and I didn't speak out because

I wasn't a natural healer

and I believed the government

when they said natural healers were

dangerous, radical quacks because they

don't support the pharmaceutical industry.

Then they came for the farmers,

and I didn't speak out because

I wasn't a farmer

and I believed the government

when they said that it was their job to

control the food supply.

Then they came for independent media reporters,

and I didn't speak out because

I wasn't a member of the alternative media

and I believed the government

when they said that the only accurate news is

reported by government-approved corporations.

Then they came for the gun owners,

and I didn't speak out because

I wasn't a gun owner

and I believed that it was the government's job

to outlaw the ownership of dangerous weapons.

Then they came for the Obamacare resistors,

and I didn't speak out because

I wasn't an Obamacare resistor

and I believed the government

when they said that forcing people to pay for

health insurance was " freedom " .

Then they came for the Christians,

and I didn't speak out because

I wasn't a Christian

and I believed the government

when they said that Christianity was a

silly superstition and should be

outlawed in a scientific society.

Then they came for me

and there was no one left to speak out

for me in this Orwellian society.

Kwinkle