It isn't against the law to be trans, it isn't against the law to be a Muslim, it isn't against the law to be gay, etc, etc, etc.
It isn't against the law to be trans, Muslim or gay, currently, although there are a number of laws already on the books in the US that target those three groups. Laws can change. And this guy in particular has argued that the law should change with respect to Muslims in particular.
Abortions won't be made illegal, that will never happen.
Why won't it?
Pro-lifers control all three branches of government, and a number of Supreme Court appointments are coming up. A new Supreme Court can straight-up overturn Roe v. Wade. And Trump has said that he wants to change this particular decision.
How about the terrorist plot, uncovered a month ago by the FBI, to attack an apartment building home to a large Somali immigrant population the day after the election?
Expect the FBI agents responsible for that investigation to be out on the pavement looking for work come January.
Some German philosopher guy killed in the Holocaust said more or less the same thing. If they come for them, eventually they will come for me.
You're thinking of Martin Niemöller. He wasn't a philosopher, he was a pastor.
Als die Nazis die Kommunisten holten,
habe ich geschwiegen;
ich war ja kein Kommunist.
Als sie die Sozialdemokraten einsperrten,
habe ich geschwiegen;
ich war ja kein Sozialdemokrat.
Als sie die Gewerkschafter holten,
habe ich nicht protestiert;
ich war ja kein Gewerkschafter.
Als sie die Juden holten,
habe ich geschwiegen;
ich war ja kein Jude.
Als sie mich holten,
gab es keinen mehr,
der protestieren konnte
Translation:
When the Nazis came for the communists,
I remained silent;
I was not a communist.
When they locked up the social democrats,
I remained silent;
I was not a social democrat.
When they came for the trade unionists,
I did not speak out;
I was not a trade unionist.
When they came for the Jews,
I remained silent;
I wasn't a Jew.
When they came for me,
there was no one left to speak out.
He gave different versons of this sermon, but this is probably the original.
More about Martin Niemöller.
