If Martin Niemoller were here today …
They shot the high school students. And I didn’t speak out, because I wasn’t a high school student.
Then they shot the college students. And I didn’t speak out, because I didn’t go to college.
They shot the immigrants. And I didn’t speak out, because I’m not an immigrant.
They shot the midnight movie-goers, and the public employees. And I didn’t speak out, because I don’t go to movies at midnight and I’m not a public employee.
They shot the customers at Luby’s and MacDonald’s, and I didn’t speak out because I don’t eat at Luby’s or MacDonald’s.
They shot Parisians and Texans, and I didn’t speak out because I’ve never been to Paris or Texas.
They shot Tunisians and Egyptians and tourists, and I didn’t speak out because I don’t know any Tunisians or Egyptians and I’m not a tourist.
They shot Sikhs and Jews and the Amish, and I didn’t speak out because I’m not a Sikh or Jewish or Amish.
They shot black Christians in church, and I didn’t speak out because I’m not black or Christian and I don’t go to church.
THEY SHOT FIRST-GRADERS AND THEIR TEACHERS, and I didn’t speak out because I’m not a parent or a teacher.
Now they’ve shot Latino/a and LGBT club-goers and I’m not Latinx, or LGBT, and I don’t go to nightclubs. Who is left to speak? Will I speak out now? Will you?
#NoBillNoBreak #DisarmHate #HateWontWin
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