I did this years ago when HACKERS in CYBER-SPACE were the bugaboo of the day and the Clinton Administration was diligently trying to take away our First Amendment rights. Back then, I had the freedom to think of myself as focused mostly on the First Amendment, and I considered feminism a battle that had largely been won. Oh, the follies of youth...
Anyway, it was a good shtick then and it's a good shtick now. Because you know, this is where they want it to end up.
First they came for my right to have an abortion.
But personally, I feel abortion is morally wrong.
So I didn't speak up.
Then they came for my right to love whom I want.
But I'm not gay.
So I didn't speak up.
Then they came for my birth control.
But I figured I could always be abstinent if I wanted not to have a baby.
So I didn't speak up.
Then they came for my right to divorce.
But I love my husband.
So I didn't speak up.
Then they came for my right to work.
But honestly, my job sucked anyway, and my husband always did make more money.
So I didn't speak up.
Then they came for my right to vote.
And at that point, it didn't matter if I spoke up.
-- adapted from "First they came for the Jews" by Pastor Martin Niemoller