They never came for me, because I was not a real journalist

A message from history to my fellow journalists on the British state's persecution of Asa Winstanley

First they came for Julian Assange 
And I did not speak out 
Because I was not Julian Assange

Then they came for the Palestinian journalists 
And I did not speak out 
Because I was not a Palestinian journalist 

Then they came for the independent journalists 
And I did not speak out 
Because I was not an independent journalist

Then they came for the investigative journalists 
And I did not speak out 
Because I was not an investigative journalist

They never came for me 
And I never spoke out 
Because I was not a real journalist

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