All The Tropes Wiki Project, Part XXXI

[robkelk]

And keeping your head down feeds into the highlighted illusion.

Agreed.

To quote myself, over in Politics:

First they came for the immigrants, and I did not speak out — because I was not an immigrant.

Then they came for the bureaucrats, and I did not speak out — because I was not a bureaucrat.

Then they came for the judges, and I did not speak out — because I was not a judge.

When will they come for you — and will there be anyone left to speak?

— a pastiche of the words of Martin Niemöller

This is not a time to "just keep our heads down". Exercise your First Amendment rights... before you have no choice but to exercise your Second Amendment rights.