People are too scared, too something, too afraid to take a stand for what is right.
Amazing how people will stand and watch because it is not happening to them.
I won’t be affected by ICE’s actions, but my children and grandchildren might be. Those who think they are better off by doing nothing have not read enough history. The following is a quote from a person describing what happened in Germany prior to WWII.
Go look in the mirror because if you are one of those that beliefs you should stay quiet while people are being killed, brutalized, disappeared, etc. You would have fit right in in Nazi Germany.
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—because I was not a Jew.
Then they came for me—and there was no one left to speak for me.
—Martin Niemöller
This quote is attributed to the prominent German pastor Martin Niemöller. It is sometimes mistakenly referred to as a poem.
After World War II, Niemöller openly spoke about his own early complicity in Nazism and his eventual change of heart. His powerful words about guilt and responsibility still resonate today.