It's a question that's been plaguing me these last few days. We took a giant step forward as a country and several back when it comes to individual rights. This is not about religion, this is not about civility, this is not about even what's right and wrong. This is about Hate!
It did make me go and reference the poem First they came, by Pastor Martin Niemoller about the Holocaust. It makes me wonder who will be standing up for who. Who is standing in my corner?
First they came 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 Catholics,
and I didn’t speak up,
because I was a Protestant.
Then they came for me,
and by that time there was no one
left to speak up for me.
Chickens and other farm animals can't speak...but they have more rights than I do now apparently - who's left to speak for me?
(shout out to Jason for the great pic from the West Hollywood protest rally yesterday!)
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