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May 24, 2006
ACLU Bids to Gag Its Own Members
Since its inception, the American Civil Liberties Union has been about contributing to the corrosion of American civilization, with the ultimate objective of bringing about its demise. Or maybe you thought it had something to do with liberties? Certainly not for Christians. Not even for ACLU members themselves.
True to its communist roots, the ACLU is considering new measures to stifle internal dissent. Proposed new standards include the following language:
Where an individual director disagrees with a board position on matters of civil liberties policy, the director should refrain from publicly highlighting the fact of such disagreement. ... Directors should remember that there is always a material prospect that public airing of the disagreement will affect the ACLU adversely in terms of public support and fund-raising. ... A director... may not criticize the ACLU board or staff.
Naive liberals and libertarians who have been drawn to the ACLU by its free speech rhetoric are showing early signs of waking up to smell the coffee. Clearly misjudging the purpose of the organization, former board member Nat Hentoff gasped:
For the national board to consider promulgating a gag order on its members — I can't think of anything more contrary to the reason the ACLU exists.
But executive director Anthony Romero points out that it's hardly novel that the ACLU would attempt to suppress speech it doesn't care to hear:
Take hate speech. While believing in free speech, we do not believe in or condone speech that attacks minorities.
Of course, this depends on the minority. White Baptists who live in the South are a minority. But we can rest easy in the knowledge that the ACLU will go to any length to defend our right to make fun of them.
Behind the scenes, things are getting ugly, as some board members begin to realize the nature of their own organization. They don't like the sophisticated data-mining techniques used to recruit members, or the tactics employed to silence abortion opponents.
Those in favor of the gag order are right to worry that if the public knew more, fundraising would suffer. As too few people are aware, the ACLU was founded by a radical named Roger Baldwin, who summed up his motives and objectives like this:
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.
Now that communists are no longer the primary threat to this country, the ACLU has found a new ally in radical Islam. The organization has impeded the war on terror every step of the way, actively encouraging municipalities not to comply with the Patriot Act and even working with the likes of Palestinian Islamic Jihad terrorist Sami Al-Arian and the Hamas front group CAIR.
Communism and Islamic extremism would have limited appeal to a group truly devoted to civil liberties. But the ACLU is not on the side of the angels — as they would like to prevent disillusioned members from letting the world find out.
With thanks to V the K.
Posted by Van Helsing at May 24, 2006 9:41 PM
Comments
I don't know why this strikes me as funny, but perhaps you should crop the picture so it only shows him from the neck up, then title it, "The head of the ACLU, Anthony Romero."
Posted by: Steve at May 24, 2006 10:04 PM
He looks like an illegal alien,anybody check him out?
Posted by: mickey at May 25, 2006 12:00 AM
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Posted by: V the K at May 25, 2006 11:09 AM
Well, it seems only fair. They've been making the rest of us gag for years...
Posted by: The Random Yak at May 25, 2006 1:51 PM
