https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/martin-niemoeller-biography
Martin Niemöller (1892–1984) was a prominent Protestant pastor who emerged as an outspoken public foe of Adolf Hitler and spent the last seven years of Nazi rule in concentration camps, despite his ardent nationalism. Niemöller is perhaps best remembered for the quotation: “First they came for the socialists, and I did not speak out...”
My comment was a take off on Martin Niemöller’s insightful piece on how a country turns into a totalitarian hellhole incrementally... “First they came for...” leading up to Hitler and his brown shirt horrors...
First they came for the Tea Party, and I did not speak out—because I was not in the Tea Party..
Then they came for the people close to Trump, and I did not speak out—because I was not part of the Administration.
Then they came for the Right Wingers, and I did not speak out—because I was not a Right Winger.
Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.
— with apology to Martin Niemöller
Yes, I know where it comes from. But it seemed you were preaching to the choir, here.