Anybody ever heard of the ACLU?
Here's what the ACLU claims that it stands for:
quote:The American system of government is founded on two counterbalancing principles: that the majority of the people governs, through democratically elected representatives; and that the power even of a democratic majority must be limited, to ensure individual rights.
Majority power is limited by the Constitution's Bill of Rights, which consists of the original ten amendments ratified in 1791, plus the three post-Civil War amendments (the 13th, 14th and 15th) and the 19th Amendment (women's suffrage), adopted in 1920.
The mission of the ACLU is to preserve all of these protections and guarantees:
Your First Amendment rights - freedom of speech, association and assembly; freedom of the press, and freedom of religion.
Your right to equal protection under the law - equal treatment regardless of race, sex, religion or national origin.
Your right to due process - fair treatment by the government whenever the loss of your liberty or property is at stake.
Your right to privacy - freedom from unwarranted government intrusion into your personal and private affairs.
Sounds outstanding, hey? Here's what the founder of the ACLU had to say about his reason(s) for its creation:
"I am for socialism, disarmament, and, ultimately, for abolishing the state itself... I seek the social ownership of property, the abolition of the propertied class, and the sole control of those who produce wealth. Communism is the goal."
--Roger Baldwin
Huh.
quote:The American system of government is founded on two counterbalancing principles: that the majority of the people governs, through democratically elected representatives; and that the power even of a democratic majority must be limited, to ensure individual rights.
Majority power is limited by the Constitution's Bill of Rights, which consists of the original ten amendments ratified in 1791, plus the three post-Civil War amendments (the 13th, 14th and 15th) and the 19th Amendment (women's suffrage), adopted in 1920.
The mission of the ACLU is to preserve all of these protections and guarantees:
Your First Amendment rights - freedom of speech, association and assembly; freedom of the press, and freedom of religion.
Your right to equal protection under the law - equal treatment regardless of race, sex, religion or national origin.
Your right to due process - fair treatment by the government whenever the loss of your liberty or property is at stake.
Your right to privacy - freedom from unwarranted government intrusion into your personal and private affairs.
Sounds outstanding, hey? Here's what the founder of the ACLU had to say about his reason(s) for its creation:
"I am for socialism, disarmament, and, ultimately, for abolishing the state itself... I seek the social ownership of property, the abolition of the propertied class, and the sole control of those who produce wealth. Communism is the goal."
--Roger Baldwin
Huh.
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Ordo Ab Chao. 0 -
Must be a different ACLU.
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Does the ACLU have Communist roots? Was co-founder Roger Baldwin a Communist?
No, Roger Baldwin was not a communist. Like many of his contemporaries, he observed and wrote about the social and political issues in the early years of the Soviet Union, but later he wrote, "The Nazi-Soviet pact of 1939, a traumatic shock to me, ended any ambivalence I had about the Soviet Union, and all cooperation with Communists in united fronts."
Throughout the organization's history and particularly during the McCarthy era, the ACLU, its members, staff and founders have been accused of being communists. The ACLU has no political affiliations and makes no test of individuals' ideological leanings a condition of membership or employment. Members and staff of the national ACLU and its affiliates may be Republicans, Democrats, Communists, Federalists, Libertarians, or members of any other political party or no party at all. What the ACLU asks of its staff and officials is that they consistently defend civil liberties and the Constitution.
While I certainly do not agree with their unfortunate position on the second amendment, lets not tar them for things they did not do.0 -
Yeah, there's PLENTY of bad, immoral and traitorous things they DID DO to tar them with. 0 -
The ACLU was founded as essentially the legal wing of the CPUSA and was directed and funded by the ComIntern for years. 0 -
He dog you're either readin or smokin the wrong stuff.
The American Communist Lawyer's Union is just that and always was.
It's not a mute issue.0 -
quote:Originally posted by nemesisenforcer
The ACLU was founded as essentially the legal wing of the CPUSA and was directed and funded by the ComIntern for years.
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I'm sorry, I must've missed the last case in which they defended the rights of a gun owner.
Oh yeah, that's because it doesn't happen.
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The ACLU functiions as the "shock troops" of the modern secular humanists. Humanism is a combination of athiesm, socialism, and pacifism. It is dangerous to our Republic. 0 -
quote:The ACLU functiions as the "shock troops" of the modern secular humanists. Humanism is a combination of athiesm, socialism, and pacifism. It is dangerous to our Republic.
The United States was founded as a Republic (as was Texas and California). However, the US degenerated into a democracy and is rapidly heading toward socialism. Thank you FDR. Thank you LBJ. Thank you JFK (ask not what your country...etc. Facist, socialist BS!! The country's only reason for existance is to serve it's citizens, not the other way around!). Thank you WJClinton.
(Doesn't this $#!+ belong in the Political forum[?]0 -
Ha! I just sent out the commie quote and attributed it to one of Shrillaries college papers! 0 -
I get one of their "surveys" at least once a month. (I have one on my desk now.) I scribble all over it what I think of them & send it back.
They have spent a small fortune mailing them to me & for the return postage. It seems they don't read them but simply keep mailing if you reply.0
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