"First They Came".....

The Modern Version of “First They Came”
By Vicki Robison

First they came for the tax resistors,
and I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t a tax resistor
and I believed the government when they said that forcing people to
forfeit a percentage of their labor was not a violation of their rights. 
Then they came for the cult members,
and i didn’t speak out because I wasn’t a cult member
and I believed the government when they said non-approved religions were cults,
and all cult members were dangerous.
Then they came for the domestic terrorists,
and I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t a domestic terrorist
and I believed the government’s official story of the Oklahoma City bombing,
and that domestic terrorists were everywhere, endangering society.
Then they came for the Muslim terrorists,
and I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t a Muslim terrorist
and I believed the government’s official story of 9/11,
and that Muslim terrorists were everywhere, endangering the world.
Then they came for the “radicals”,
and I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t a radical
and I believed the government when they said
radicals were everywhere, and were no different than terrorists.
Then they came for the patriots,
and I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t a patriot
and I believed the government when they said
that patriots are as dangerous as radicals and terrorists.
Then they came for the veterans,
and I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t a veteran
and I believed the government when they said
that veterans are potential terrorists, radicals and patriots.
Then they came for the natural healers,
and I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t a natural healer
and I believed the government when they said natural healers were
dangerous, radical quacks because they don’t support the pharmaceutical industry.
Then they came for the farmers,
and I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t a farmer
and I believed the government when they said
that it was their job to control the food supply.
Then they came for independent media reporters,
and I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t a member of the alternative media
and I believed the government when they said
that the only accurate news is reported by government-approved corporations.
Then they came for the gun owners,
and I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t a gun owner
and I believed that it was the government’s job
to outlaw the ownership of dangerous weapons.
Then they came for the Obamacare resistors,
and I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t an Obamacare resistor
and I believed the government when they said
that forcing people to pay for health insurance was “freedom”. 
Then they came for the Christians,
and I didn’t speak out because I wasn’t a Christian
and I believed the government when they said
that Christianity was a silly superstition and should be outlawed in a scientific society.
Then they came for me
and there was no one left to speak out for me in this Orwellian society.