When they went …

 Inspired by “First they came …”

When they went …

When they went after the foreigners, I joined them, because I hate foreigners.

When they went after the gays, I joined them because the gays were destroying America … somehow.

When they went after trans people, I didn’t really know what they were, but my people hated them, so I hated them too.

And when they went after what I am, I was surprised to see how quickly my people started hating me.

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I don’t remember what depressing news story inspired this.  I liked it, but felt it needed more, so it got lost in my computer for a year or two.  About a week after the election, I was trying to think what I could do and I remembered this.  So I dug it out, and while I still think it’s a bit clunky, it still works.  Unfortunately, this is more relevant now than two years ago.

And just to be clear, this isn’t personal.  It was to be from the POV of someone who had bought into all the hate, only to learn it would eventually – some would say deservingly – bite them in the ass.