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and I didn’t speak out because I am not a state worker.
Then they came for those with disabilities,
and I didn’t speak out because I am not disabled.
Then they came after the definition of education adequacy,
and I didn’t speak out because I have no children in public schools.
Then they came for school building aid,
and I didn’t speak out because I don’t pay property taxes, I rent.
Then they came after the retirement system,
and I didn’t speak out because I am young.
Then they came for gay marriage,
and I didn’t speak out because I am straight.
Then they came for technology education,
and I didn’t speak out because I am not on Facebook.
Then they came for the university system,
and I didn’t speak out because I had graduated.
Then they came after the hospitals and the community clinics,
and I didn’t speak out because I have health insurance.
Then they came for Planned Parenthood and family planning services,
and I didn’t speak out because my nest is empty.
Then they came for the lawyers serving the poor,
and I didn’t speak out because I am employed and not in foreclosure.
Then they came for clean air protections like RGGI,
and I didn’t speak out because I don’t have asthma.
Then they came for the arts council,
and I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t an artist, an actor, a sculptor, a poet.
Then they came after the entire advertising budget for foreign tourists,
and I didn’t speak out because I don’t own a hotel, a restaurant a campground.
Then they came for the Attorney General’s office,
and I didn’t speak out because I had not lost my savings in the FRM Ponzi Scheme.
Then they came for the rich, the selfish and the greedy.
-(with apologies to Pastor Martin Niemoller)