"the ACLU took out a full page advertisement in today's Washington Post, calling itself "the most conservative organization in America."
2006-10-30 04:53:35 · 20 answers · asked by average j 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Other - Politics & Government
hey MoralityA... arent you late for a NAMBLA meeting? lol
2006-10-30 06:22:55 · update #1
The ACLU never had a mind, so the answer is no, they haven't lost it.
2006-10-30 04:56:01 · answer #1 · answered by xenypoo 4 · 5⤊ 3⤋
The responses given thus far are a testament to misunderstanding of such words as "conservative," and its not reason that it often occurs. If one could step back and view it outside of these colorful terms (they're "crazy, insane, evil, etc") then it shouldn't be hard to see where an agency founded on the principle of minimal state interventionism and a modern day "conservative," advocate of strong federalism, minimized central government, etc, agree. The conflict usually arises when government action to push a social agenda overcomes this prima facie objection - so the problem is policy, not overall stated intent. So far as conservatism in ideology supports limited governmental intrusion on daily lives, the ACLU is very conservative (classical liberalist), and it takes a real and willful act of ignorance to deny that, regardless of the dynamics of each issue.
2006-10-30 13:15:20 · answer #2 · answered by MoralityAsTimidity 1 · 2⤊ 1⤋
The headline of the ad is intentional irony, of course. Their point is that they are taking the traditional conservative role (opposition to change) and attempting to *conserve* civil liberties by opposing the Military Commissions act. The ACLU has taken some strange positions, but defending the right of Habeas Corpus is one I support.
2006-10-30 13:12:43 · answer #3 · answered by injanier 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They do exaggerate, agreed! But they are not really liberal. They aim to unbiasedly assail any violation of the U.S. Constitution, no matter how wacky it is. Like the Second Amendment right to "keep and bear arms." The Second Amendment is wacky in the context of today: people are not needed to form militias to secure "a free state." Ten soldiers and one tank could easily destroy all the militias in the United States (And these are the U.S. conventional ground weapons. We're not even talking about the high tech aerial weapons and nuclear weapons!!). The Second Amendment was written when the U.S. had no real military and scant financial resources (then far under .01% of the $419 billion being spent on the military today).
But, the ACLU calls itself "conservative" because it is intentionally unbiassed in its defense of the very flawed United States Constitution. Okay.
2006-10-30 13:01:44 · answer #4 · answered by voltaire 3 · 0⤊ 5⤋
It's very hard to take seriously an organization that defends NAMBLA and attacks the Boy Scouts.
2006-10-30 12:57:55 · answer #5 · answered by American citizen and taxpayer 7 · 5⤊ 1⤋
They have lost their "jelly bean" mind.
I'm just waiting for their "War on Christmas" to begin.
Don't 4 get to send that Christmas card to:
125 Broad St.
18th floor
New York, NY 10004
It's worth the 39 cents to freeze their operation, because they will be opening them all looking for a donation.
Send a nice religious one, like with the navity on it or something.
Who knows, maybe they will have a change of heart!!
Also, if you are Christian, why would you send a card with "Happy Holidays" on it? To a jewish friend, I send a jewish card, etc.....
2006-10-30 14:46:50 · answer #6 · answered by Oh Tami !! 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
i fight agest the aclu with an extream predjuduce. you could do the same if you want by going to dr. james kenedy's homepage and becoming a member of grassrotts.org if you want to do something about it. i participated in the petition to defund the aclu and was successfull at it too. :) let me put it this way, they are screwed if things keep going like this and wont be aible to harm america or change its values and virtues it was built on so dramaticly and will probly end up banned in some way or another. the aclu is compleatly nutz. good luck to you. :)
2006-10-30 12:57:27 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 3⤋
The ACLU is completely out of touch with reality and a total waste of effort.
Yes.....but, they lost their minds a long time ago.
2006-10-30 12:57:30 · answer #8 · answered by Robert 5 · 5⤊ 2⤋
We need someone to battle the discrimination, racism and general constitutional rights violations perpetrated by alleged "conservatives"
2006-10-30 13:13:14 · answer #9 · answered by sprcpt 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Sometimes I think the ACLU is good and sometimes I think they are completely out of line. As to conservative...now thats funny.
Take Care
2006-10-30 12:55:11 · answer #10 · answered by brandy10006 2 · 0⤊ 4⤋