Commonlit “First They Came...”

What does the phrase “because I was not” emphasize about the speaker?

A) The speaker is lonely and distanced from the rest of society, which is why he did not speak out.

B) The speaker is deeply sorry and wants to justify why he did not speak out against the arrests.

C) The speaker regrets not speaking out because he was not being targeted and ignored those who were.

D) The speaker is a selfish, prejudiced person who did not care about the suffering of other people.