My Update on a Classic

Here, without further ado, is my update and take on an old classic:

First they came for the “terrorists”

And I said nothing because I was not a “terrorist”
After all, they were bad guys, right?

Then they came for the “lawbreakers”
And I said nothing because I was not a “lawbreaker”
For those who have nothing to hide had nothing to fear, right?

Then they came for the “whistleblowers”
And I said nothing because I was not a “whistleblower”
Besides, they should have followed internal procedures, right?

Then they came for the “conspiracy nuts”
And I said nothing because I was not a “conspiracy nut”
Oh, they all probably just went off somewhere to party in tin foil hats, right?

Then they came for the “protesters”
And I said nothing because I was not a “protester”
Then I finally started to think
That couldn't happen HERE; that could only happen somewhere else, right?

Then they came for me –

And the silence was deafening.