In honor of the upcoming Trump Administration, some overly dramatic friends have been posting the famous poem by anti-Nazi German Pastor Martin Niemöller:
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.
Because Trump is Hitler, you see.
But it got me thinking about what a more honest, updated version would look like. And so:
First the
FEC
came for Citizens United
, and I did not speak out—
Because I did not want to defend an anti-Hillary movie.
Then the
IRS
came for Tea Party
groups, and I did not speak out—
Because those teabaggers irritated me.
Then the authorities came for
Nakoula
Basseley Nakoula, and I did not speak out—
Because he was a convenient scapegoat for Benghazi.
Then the DOJ came for
a
Fox News correspondent, and I did not speak out—
Because, hey, Fox News.
Then the social network mob came after
Brendan
Eich, and I did not speak out—
Because I did not agree with him.
Then Donald Trump got elected, and I'm now really concerned about arbitrary abuses of power—
And all these people are just laughing at me!
Obviously, I could have added more verses. Disclaimer: despite the "then"s, I didn't bother to put things in chronological order.