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minus-squaregivesomefucks@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33·16 hours agoIn case anyone didn’t know who was on that list first: 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 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_They_Came The first two have been used as insults by Republicans for decades now… Edit: Technically this is the original translation, written by a Christian Pastor: When the Nazis came for the communists, I kept quiet; I wasn’t a communist. When they came for the trade unionists, I kept quiet; I wasn’t a trade unionist. When they locked up the social democrats, I kept quiet; I wasn’t a social democrat. When they locked up the Jews, I kept quiet; I wasn’t a Jew. When they came for me, there was no one left to protest.
In case anyone didn’t know who was on that list first:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_They_Came
The first two have been used as insults by Republicans for decades now…
Edit:
Technically this is the original translation, written by a Christian Pastor:
When the Nazis came for the communists, I kept quiet; I wasn’t a communist.
When they came for the trade unionists, I kept quiet; I wasn’t a trade unionist.
When they locked up the social democrats, I kept quiet; I wasn’t a social democrat.
When they locked up the Jews, I kept quiet; I wasn’t a Jew.
When they came for me, there was no one left to protest.