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>These days the ACLU is incredibly politically biased I was going to post the same in anticipation of the partisan downvotes that you're receiving. Without goi
by tw000001 6y ago
>These days the ACLU is incredibly politically biased
I was going to post the same in anticipation of the partisan downvotes that you're receiving. Without going into specifics, this sums it up nicely:
>It’s not that the left shouldn’t have opportunities to speak up against the president’s agenda -- of course it should. But the ACLU shouldn’t be its political bullhorn. The organization’s legal independence gave it special standing. By falling in line with dozens of other left-leaning advocacy groups, the ACLU risks diminishing its focus on civil liberties litigation and abandoning its reputation for being above partisanship
One issue in particular is the ACLU's interpretation of the second amendment, which they do not fight for with the same fervor as the first.
1.https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/02/08/the_aclus_regrettable_turn_to_partisan_politics_136220.html https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/02/08/the_ac...
- jmpman 6y agoTheir lack of support for the second amendment is the only reason I don’t support them. It proves that they’re politically slanted and it truly for my civil rights. Unfortunately the NRA has drifted from their core issue to bashing non-conservative candidates. I also can’t support them.
- dagnabbit 6y agoOr they don't buy into an extremist interpretation of the second amendment which ignores the 'well-regulated militia' portion of the amendment. That interpretation was fringe until fairly recently; it took a lot of propaganda from gun manufacturers to convince people like you that their radical view was somehow standard.