First They Came .... poem by Martin Niemöller

"In Germany they came first for the Communists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Communist. Then they came for the Jews, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a Jew. Then they came for the trade unionists, and I didn't speak up because I wasn't a trade unionist. Then they came for the Catholics, and I didn't speak up because I was a Protestant. Then they came for me, and by that time no one was left to speak up."

-- by Martin Niemöller, prominent German anti-Nazi theologian and Lutheran pastor, best known as the author of the poem First they came....

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Horalius says:
13 months ago

Never forget, most of Hitler's top soldiers, including himself, were anti-social extremists who were either half- or full-blooded relations to the ethnic groups they helped to throw out of Europe, to create the nation of Israel in Palestine. For one of many references, see the book "Hitler's Jewish Soldiers".

An updated version:

When the Zionist Extremist Criminals first came for the holocaust deniers, I remained silent; For I did not ask questions and accepted the myth. When they imprisoned the revisionists, I remained silent; For the media told me they were hate-mongers. When they extradited the critics of Israel, I remained silent; For I feared being called anti-Semitic and losing my job. When they murdered the nationalists, I remained silent; For I was taught to despise my own race. When they arrested the patriots, I remained silent; For I trusted in Big Government and the European Union. When they came for the Christians, I remained silent; For I rejected the divinity of Christ. When they came for the opponents of the New World Order, I remained silent; For I was afraid of Satan. When they came for me, I cried out in anguish and despair, But there was no one left to help me.

- Mike James

Allan says:
5 months ago

There are both good and bad on both side of any issue, and yes your poem is just as valid as the one you mock, You have the freedom to write such, freedoms’ that others would gladly take away if given half a chance.

You would paint all with the same brush, and call it right, while people of reason know that there is more to any issue than just black and white. But you would make it difficult to distinguish the difference between the two and so we have to go to war with both the good and the bad of those you would call evil.

The good often have no choice but to stand with the bad when their home land is invaded, and you would see all as bad.

For the most part it’s only a few who are so bad as to warrant it however their own people do not police them often granting the same freedoms we grant the good, unless they do harm to their own, and most are careful not to least they no longer have a safe haven.

troy says:
4 months ago

Mike James. Are you denying the holocaust happened then?

Here's an updated updated version, then.

First, they came for the idiots, and I did nothing, cause hey, they're idiots. Take em.