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Here's my comparison, when they cam for the jews we didn't stand up, when they came for the hindus and buddhists we didn't care. but next on the list is everyone else.
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Nice butcher of a popular poem (that was widely used by US social activists to support the anti-vietnam war drive).
When the Nazis came for the communists,
I remained silent;
I was not a communist.
When they locked up the social democrats,
I remained silent;
I was not a social democrat.
When they came for the trade unionists,
I did not speak out;
I was not a trade unionist.
When they came for me,
there was no one left to speak out.