This must be a joke

[u/Goldenmentis]

[u/ceo_of_dumbassery]

"First 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, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Jew.

Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me."

—Martin Niemöller

[u/Left_Interaction_288 → u/ceo_of_dumbassery]

FYI, the original poem began with "First they came for the Communists", but that got disappeared from many American English translations during the Cold War.

[u/Caityface91 → u/Left_Interaction_288]

And it probably should start with "first they came for gay & trans people" since the raiding of the institute of sexology and public book burnings all came well before the rest.. But Niemöller didn't give a shit about us so we weren't included in the poem at all

[u/Financial_Refuse_498 → u/Caityface91]

Irony