First they came for the Christians
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Christian
Then they came for the economists and the historians
And I did not speak out
Because I was not an economist or a historian
Then they came for the police officers
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a police officer
Then they came for the Trump voters
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Trump voter
Then they came for the gun owners
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a gun owner
Then they came for the small business types
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a small business type
Then they came for the Israelis
And I did not speak out
Because I was not an Israeli
Then they came for the West
The Western canon, classical music, the Old Masters,
the Founding Fathers, the Constitution,
Adam Smith, Alexis de Tocqueville, Winston Churchill,
And the best that Western Civilization has
Bequeathed to us all
Then they came for the independent thinkers
And those who veered off narrative:
Roseanne Barr, Gina Carano, Bari Weiss,
Ayaan Hirsi Ali, Dave Rubin, James Damore,
Bret Weinstein, Karlyn Borysenko, Jodi Shaw,
J.K. Rowling, Maajid Nawaz, Roger Scruton,
Many others
Then they came for the First Amendment
And there was no one left to defend it
Then they came for me
And there was no one left
To speak out for me
Apologies to Martin Niemöller