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M. Trosino's avatar

Read this earlier this morning; "crap" is far too polite a word. I used to have a modicum of respect for the ACLU. They've done some good work over the years. But they now seem rather determined to negate that with BS like this.

I also see where they've taken up a free speech case involving the NRA while very publicly saying they in no way agree with or support the NRA's mission. The NRA, while having unsuccessfully tried to claim bankruptcy, has resources of its own to fight whatever legal cases come its way. So, WTF??!! But then this is an organization that once fought for the free speech rights of the KKK. (I was an NRA member a lifetime ago and absolutely loathe what LaPierre and the rest have done to that once decent organization, but to be clear, I'm absolutely not equating the NRA to the KKK.)

Send your $$ somewhere more deserving, like the Southern Poverty Law Center. They seem to have their collective heads screwed on straight and show no sign of losing them for the foreseeable future.

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GarySanDiego's avatar

Something I’ve noted over the years are the great number of professional white collar people who say they are Democrats and evince a distaste for racism and a general liberality in their attitudes toward others, and minorities especially, yet have no sympathy at all for labor. They are skeptical of unions and think workers should just work and be grateful for the job. Very common attitude. (They also tend towards fiscal conservatism but that’s a different conversation.) And lately, with the rise of Trumpism, they conflate their anti-worker sentiment with the ignorant white racists they see on the news with their red trucker hats, and tell themselves that that they are good Democrats for wanting to discomfort such people.

They are not Democrats at all. Just slightly more polite Republicans.

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