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The ACLU:  Why Does Everybody Hate 'em?

The ACLU is virtually designed to piss you off.  They advocate Godlessness just as strongly as they defend the American Nazi Party.  Who are these nut cases?

You've got to admit, the ACLU is pretty clear about who they are... and they don't shy away from a fight.  They can be rabid -- they stick to their principles and almost never do the expedient thing.  Since the ACLU is all lawyers, they do a crummy job of marketing and playing games with your perceptions.  They are also completely vulnerable to optics.  So, it's easy to paint them as as communist-loving, anti-decency, anti-American.  The irony runs pretty deep, since they're defending the core values of the Constitution.  In the words of Oliver Wendel Holmes,

"Being for free speech is easy when you agree with the other fellow.  But push comes to shove when you're defending the free speech rights of a guy whose views make you sick to your stomach."

Conservatives and religious zealots hate the ACLU like almost no other organization, as they "attempt to reform American society according to the wisdom of liberalism."  The rhetoric is strong, but most of it is opinion that doesn't have a lot of current facts behind it.  Don't swallow this propaganda whole.

The ACLU is a non-profit organization that, at its best, spends time defending and strengthening the constitution, particularly the Bill of Rights...which includes protecting US citizens from persecution for beliefs (Muslim), political stands (anti-torture), unreasonable search and seizure (criminals), or sexual deviation (NAMBLA).     

Find out more...

• ACLU

• The Bill of Rights:  Take a minute to read just the first paragraph of this article

• The Federalist Papers:  What did the Founding Fathers intend?

• The First Amendment:  Maybe the linchpin of the Constitution

• The Constitution:  The prototype for every modern government -- be proud of it
  

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