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Will they come for you?

First they came for the Muslims, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Muslim.

Then they came to detain immigrants indefinitely solely upon the certification of the Attorney General, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't an immigrant.

Then they came to eavesdrop on suspects consulting with their attorneys, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a suspect.

Then they came to prosecute non-citizens before secret military commissions, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a non-citizen.

Then they came to enter homes and offices for unannounced "sneak and peek" searches, and I didn't speak up because I had nothing to hide.

Then they came to reinstate Cointelpro and resume the infiltration and surveillance of domestic religious and political groups, and I didn't speak up because I had stopped participating in any groups.

Then they came for anyone who objected to government policy because it aided the terrorists and gave ammunition to America's enemies, and I didn't speak up because...... I didn't speak up.

Then they came for me....... and by that time no one was left to speak up.

Update:

Stephen Rohde, a constitutional lawyer and President of the ACLU of Southern California, is indebted to the inspiration of Rev. Martin Niemoller (1937).

Update 2:

Tha_Original: Just think and ponder...if you have a couple years of real life experience under your belt...you'll get it!

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  • 1 decade ago
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    They might.

    Freedom isn't free and it depends on a critical citizenry of mature well informed individuals who don't allow corrupt leadership and shady politicians to destroy our free way of life under the banner of protecting us.

    Source(s): The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men. Plato The evil that is in the world almost always comes of ignorance, and good intentions may do as much harm as malevolence if they lack understanding. Albert Camus
  • 1 decade ago

    i don't get it. why did they come for you and who else is left? if everyone has been got, who are they in charge of?

    strange

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    next it will be us Catholics bc we are all child molesters and cannibals.

  • So what! Let them come!!

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  • 1 decade ago

    that is true

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