RatdogWillie
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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.
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