First they came for the socialists
But you didn’t speak out
Because you were definitely not a socialist
Those mad bastards campaigning 4 decent wages & universal healthcare
Waving their hand painted placards through the streets of Westminster
You were definitely not a socialist

Then they came for the Trade Unionists
And you did not speak out
Because Unions are awful
The Daily Mail said so
Those people representing ordinary workers
And fighting for decent pay
And human working conditions
And maternity and paternity leave
And adequate rest between shifts

& making sure people have a voice
They’re definitely terrible self-aggrandising egotists
& they get paid to represent people
& you had to get a bus to work once because of a strike you didn't bother to research beyond a screaming scheming headline
So you are not a Trade Unionist

Then they came for the Muslims
and the refugees
And you did not speak out
Because they are not your people
Coming over here
Why can’t they integrate?
Religion causes all the problems right
All the wars
Leave them to it
Close the borders

Close the borders
We’re full up
Can’t take any more
Of this PC multicultural bullshit
Who do they think they are?
You spoke over
And you spat and you raged
in hatred and fear
But you did not speak out
Because you were not a Muslim
nor a refugee

And then they came for the lesbians
The gay men
The bisexuals
The trans men
Trans women
Non binary folk
They were out dancing in Orlando
Carefree
Proud
Dancing on the shoulders of the activists gone before them
Dancing to the battle drums of a thousand Pride marches

And now they're dead
Fifty murdered
Fifty three injured
But you did not speak out
You did not speak out
As people appropriated their deaths
As Westboro Baptist Church celebrated
As Presidential candidates proletysed
You did not speak out.

& then they came for the poor
& the unemployed
the single parents on benefits
the workless
& you did not speak out
Because you thought they were lazy
Loads of jobs out there innit
Easy to eat cheaply on the dole, you claim
Having never had to make £71 last a week

with a broken refrigerator
or holes in the bottom of a pair of school shoes
Bet they’ve all got Sky TV and iPhones
and how did she pay for her tattoos?
And you saw someone smoking outside a food bank once
So you did not speak out

Then they came for the disabled
Shame, you thought, but you did not speak out
Most of them could probably work, you thought
You saw that chronically depressed woman smile once
And the guy in the disabled parking space
looks young and healthy to you

We all get down sometimes, you shout
What's wrong with you anyway?
Bunch of fucking scroungers, you thought
So you did not speak out

Then they came for the teachers
And the doctors
And the nurses
And the firefighters
And the domestic abuse workers
And the rubbish collections
And the rape crisis centres
And the social workers
And the childrens centres
And the education funding

And by the time they come for you
By the time they fucking come for you
There will be nobody left to speak out for you
Nobody left at all.

Jack Monroe.

Stolen from a FaceHack post Edited 13th June 2016 after the murders of 50 LGBT people at Pulse nightclub, Orlando. Please speak out. The world is dividing us into pockets of fear. Stand shoulder to shoulder. Please speak out. @BootstrapCook just clocked the name—was this yours?

It seemed the right time to post this again. sorry for no tweet numbers, it was hard to edit into Twitter character counts.