Re-blog: 🌈Then They Came For Me

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So important you should read this poem daily, in my opinion.

First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out—      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—   […]

🌈Then They Came For Me

12 responses to “Re-blog: 🌈Then They Came For Me”

  1. Bee, I agree wholeheartedly that Martin Niemƶller’s ‘poem’ is one of the most important social statements to ever be written.

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    1. It is but many do not take notice and then they,wonder why they lost their freedoms 😪

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  2. Thank you so much, Bee, for sharing this most important poem!

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    1. Its one of my favourites and more important than ever. You are very welcome šŸ¤—

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  3. Good share.
    Someone can be sitting in their most comfy surroundings, thinking ‘it’s a shame what’s going on but what can I do? Anyway they won’t come for me,’
    Then one day ‘They’ come for your children, or another close relative or most dearest friend.
    If by inaction ‘They’ are allowed to, ‘They’ will come for everyone, one way or another.

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    1. It always astonishes me that in the two nations who continuously brag on about WW2 and the Nazis haven’t learned that lesson. “who doesn’t want to listen has to feel” is what they say in Getmany. Another old-fashioned truth to consider 😊

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      1. It is a common failing that some folk adopt anti-social symbols and behaviour just to slight others.
        It is also another and very common failing that more folk will not look beyond the surface of history to learn its warnings.
        Add to those the current cult of the Conspiracy junkies (be they on the right or the left) and we have a storm of ignorance.

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      2. Very true. One should think we have learned 😁

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      3. Five thousand years…still not much real change šŸ¤·ā€ā™‚ļø

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