It is time to speak out … and vote

I am haunted by the well-known quote of Pastor Martin Niemoller, who miraculously survived 7 years in Nazi concentration camps because of his protests against Hitler; he said:

“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...