Updating "First they came for..." for 2006 America?

[NewJeffCT]

I forget who originally did it, but it was regarding Nazi Germany.

"First they came for the communists and I said nothing because I was not a communist
Then, they came for the socialists, and I said nothing because I was not a socialist
Then, they came for the trade unionists, and I said nothing because I was not a trade unionist
Then, they came for the Jews, and I said nothing because I was not a Jew
Then, they came for me, and there was nobody left to speak out for me."

How would we update that for the modern era here in the US?

Muslims (detained in Gitmo and elsewhere)
Gays (gay bashing & anti-gay marriage laws all over)
Intellectuals (college profs being blacklisted for saying things anti-Bush)

any other ideas?

[ScreamingMeemie]

1. Women (the push for the overturn of Roe V. Wade)

Children (massive cuts to welfare and social/health benefits for poor children)

[NewJeffCT]

4. both groups are too broad, I think

Jews, communists, et al, were all definite minorities in Germany... and, while women are a "minority" their numbers are way too great.

abortion doctors maybe, with all the clinic bombings?

[ScreamingMeemie]

7. Speaking as a woman, to imagine that women are not definite

minorities...in a country without equal pay...without ever having a female president...is to be obtuse. It's not so much about "minorities" as it is about rights being taken away.

[NewJeffCT]

22. I had meant in terms of numbers

It was easier for the nazis to pick on Jews because their numbers were a much smaller percentage of germany in terms of population(5%? 10%?), while women (as a whole) make up more than 50% of our nation.

[ScreamingMeemie]

23. Watch "The Handmaid's Tale".

n/t.

[waiting for hope]

2. Women's Rights...

denying access to life saving healthcare because someone else (husband or parents)needs to be informed first is next on the horizon.

[obreaslan]

3. I would think They would come for the "libruls" in there somewhere...

:scared:

[Dora]

5. Then they came for the poor....

[donheld]

6. Liberals (feminazis) etc

You know they'll be after us.

[zbdent]

10. That will be an early one . . .

because the sheep will think that only the "extremists" will be shackled and taken away . . .

[zbdent]

8. Here's a few suggestions

ELF, and I did nothing, because I wasn't an eco-terrorist.

Quakers, because I wasn't a Quaker.

People who wouldn't give a cop their ID, because I obey the cops.

Teachers, because I don't have kids in public school.

[justabob]

9. Neimoller said it in many diferent versions

1st the muslims (because so many are already locked up)
2nd the gays
3rd the women
4th the children
5th the liberals

or something like that

[bluedog]

18. background

An early supporter of Hitler, by 1934 Niemöller had come to oppose the Nazis, and it was largely his high connections to influential and wealthy businessmen that saved him until 1939, after which he was imprisoned, eventually at Sachsenhausen and Dachau concentration camps. He survived to be a leading voice of penance and reconciliation for the German people after World War II. His poem is well-known, frequently quoted, and is a popular model for describing the phenomenon of social chaos, as it often begins with specific and targeted fear and hatred which soon escalates out of control.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_they_came...

[ayeshahaqqiqa]

11. Quakers (or peace activists)

Environmentalists

Those are the two I can think of

[zbdent]

12. The First Amendment

"but I did nothing, because I approved of the job Bush was doing . . ."

[zbdent]

13. Activist Judges

because I didn't like the way they ruled . . . and I wasn't a "criminal" . . .

(That could be an early one . . .)

[zbdent]

14. The Fourth Amendment

but I did nothing, because I "had nothing to hide" . . .

[chat_noir]

15. Vegans

LBN: ACLU Releases Government Photos (spying on vegans in Atlanta)

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2065896

[Marnieworld]

16. vegans

quakers
peace activists
aclu
liberals
feminists

[leftchick]

17. evironmentalists

aka: eco-terrorists.

[T Wolf]

19. I find this similar to the repuke election strategy...

They hate women, so do not let them control their own health.

They hate gays, so do not let them marry.

They hate minorities, so do not let them vote.

Mission accomplished.

The problem with the original (and additions) is that most right wingers will never see themselves as being at risk for being "come for." Along the same lines as "if you have nothing to hide, what do you have to fear from police searches.

Appealing to the Bushistas with logic is bound to fail, because they do not have the capacity for logical thought.

[justabob]

20. "will never see themselves as being at risk"

That is the whole point..... "when they came for me, there was no one left to fight for me"

[Greyhound]

21. K&R

:kick: