I still don’t believe Trump and the cowards he represents will be able to establish a Muslim registry in the United States. But… I didn’t believe Trump would be elected until midnight of election day so… I can be wrong. If this abomination comes to pass, what will you do?
We all know the old quote from Martin Niemoller;
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 to speak for me.
No one fought to protect the “others” when the evil was in it's infancy, and by the time this evil was fully grown it took the deaths of millions and millions of people from all over the world to stop it. What might have happened if the German people rose up in defiance when Jews were required to wear the Star of David to identify themselves to everyone else? Isn’t it at least possible that at this early moment disaster would still have been averted, that lives lost would have been saved? Maybe. I don’t know. But I know it didn’t work when the good people of Germany kept their heads down. That’s not a mistake I intend to make.
So…. what to do? That’s always the question, isn’t it? I know what I’ll do.
I’ll register as Muslim.
And I’ll encourage everyone else to do the same. Hopefully, years from now, the phrase “good American” will have a different connotation than “good German” did after WWII.
Join me in this commitment. What kind of “good” will you be?