• givesomefucks@lemmy.world
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    33
    ·
    16 hours ago

    In 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.