Martin Niemöller wrote his famous "first they came" lines about how the Nazis rose by isolating one group at a time while everyone else stayed silent — never enough of a target on its own to make the rest of the country flinch. Here's One Nation's version of that insidious pattern: When she said Australia was being "swamped by Asians," I did not speak up because I'm not Asian. When she called Aboriginal parents "lazy" and "negligent," and repeated the debunked claim that $30 billion is being funneled into Aboriginal handouts, I did not speak up because I'm not Aboriginal. When she said domestic violence victims lie in family court, called it a "two-way street," and claimed it wastes police time better spent on "real crime," I did not speak up because I am not a victim of DV. When she dismissed the gender pay gap, I did not speak up because I am not a woman. When she wore a burqa into the Senate to mock Muslim Australians, and said "how can you tell me there are good Muslims," I did not speak up because I'm not Muslim. When she blamed African gangs for crime that police data showed they barely contributed to, I did not speak up because I'm not African. When she told gay Australians they should leave the country if they wanted to marry; I did not speak up because I'm not gay. When she called the trans community a "militant force" and an "insurgency," comparing it directly to militant Islam, I did not speak up because I'm not trans. When she pushed to strip disability standards out of new homes, I did not speak up because I'm not disabled. When she called workers "lazy," I did not speak up because I am not lazy. When she voted against Same Job Same Pay, the Right to Disconnect, criminalising wage theft and industrial manslaughter, then took a $100,000 pay rise herself, I did not speak up because it wasn't my paycheck she was coming for. When she opposed the bill to stop supermarkets and big companies price-gouging Australians during a cost-of-living crisis, I did not speak up because I told myself I could still afford my groceries. When she voted against the Paris Climate Agreement, against investment in renewable energy, and against building community resilience to climate disasters, I did not speak up because the floods and fires hadn't reached my house yet. So when she finally comes for you — whatever's left of "you" once every group you didn't belong to has already been picked off — who's going to be left to speak for you?