[asah]

um... the sentiment is universal it's not specific to that particularly awful history. Sorry if it triggered you, HN doesn't offer a delete button.

FYI my ancestors fled oppression on both sides and I'm well aware that it's a miracle I'm alive.

Again, one bad thing leading to another is a common human behavior, and the Holocaust is just an extreme example that I ABSOLUTELY did not intend whatsoever. You make this connection, not me.

[gmfawcett]

If I'm then one making this connection, then it should be trivial for you to finish your sentence. "First they came for..." Who are the Jews in your analogy ? Who are the communists? the trade unionists? And who is the totalitarian regime?

Suggesting that Niemöller's poem is about "one bad thing leads to another" is like suggesting that Anne Frank's diary is about "sometimes girls have really bad days." I understand you didn't mean any offense to anyone. But that's not a license to be offensive, and then duck for cover.