The ACLU sponsored Michael Newdow, the "under God" protestor guy from N. CA to speak at the local college. After his talk, there was a question and answer session where a lot of the students strongly disagreed with Newdow and his crusade to make all of us agree with him (sorry for the editorial). The Q&A became heated so the host of the gathering (the head of the local ACLU chapter) began to limit what could be asked!
Look at the hypocrisy:
"The ACLU is concerned with the protection of civil rights and civil liberties, and (Newdow has) done a lot for that," said Phyllis Gerstenfeld, interim co-chairwoman of the Stanislaus County ACLU.
After Newdow's speech, organizers asked for civilized discourse during questions, but limited what the audience could say.
Members of the crowd were upset, arguing that was a hypocritical control of their freedom of speech. Organizers said people came to hear Newdow speak, not audience members."
Once again, freedom of speech as long as we like it.
2006-09-21 06:11:08 · 4 answers · asked by obviously_you'renotagolfer 5 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
The worst is that last line:
People came to hear Newdow speak, not audience members.
This is a revolting demonstartion of the truly one-sided approach the self-proclaimed "open minded" left has.
2006-09-21 06:13:05 · update #1
Notme, you're missing it. They ASKED for Q&A and then when it went against them, they started to limit what people were allowed to ask. And no, it's not from Rush (but maybe I should submit it to him). You can find the full article at modbee.com.
It was not organized by the university, only hosted there.
2006-09-21 06:21:33 · update #2
Extremely hypocritical. How ridiculous.
2006-09-21 06:14:40 · answer #1 · answered by mei-lin 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I lean to the left and am a registered Democrat. The ACLU had a purpose at one time, but things have gotten way too ridiculous. I mean, someone tried to sue McDonald's for spilling hot coffe in their lap. This whole political correctness has gotten way out of hand. The extreme left is no better than the extreme right. I truly wish we were a multi-party system instead of the current one.
2006-09-21 13:17:22 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Yes its hypocritical but remember that it is a speech and not a debate session. Speech means one person doing the talking.
2006-09-21 13:18:36 · answer #3 · answered by This Is Not Honor 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
And exactly how did the ACLU keep people from talking? You assert it was the ACLU who did this when in fact is was the organizers at the University. Did you hear this from Rush? Typical. Lie, Deny,Distort, Repeat.
2006-09-21 13:18:36 · answer #4 · answered by notme 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋