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the_ignored
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Posted - 10/24/2004 :  16:49:05  Show Profile Send the_ignored a Private Message
The hell?

The hell? On a certain other website there's an argument about the supposed "communistic origins" of the ACLU.

Here are the links that were given. I'm going to be going some googling myself, but for now, does anyone know anything about this?

http://www.internet-grocer.com/aclu.htm

http://www.geocities.com/graymada/aclu.html

>From: enuffenuff@fastmail.fm
(excerpt follows):
> I'm looking to teach these two bastards a lesson they'll never forget.
> Personal visit by mates of mine. No violence, just a wee little chat.
>
> **** has also committed more crimes than you can count with his
> incitement of hatred against a religion. That law came in about 2007
> much to ****'s ignorance. That is fact and his writing will become well
> know as well as him becoming a publicly known icon of hatred.
>
> Good luck with that fuckwit. And Reynold, fucking run, and don't stop.
> Disappear would be best as it was you who dared to attack me on my
> illness knowing nothing of the cause. You disgust me and you are top of
> the list boy. Again, no violence. Just regular reminders of who's there
> and visits to see you are behaving. Nothing scary in reality. But I'd
> still disappear if I was you.

What brought that on? this. Original posting here.

Another example of this guy's lunacy here.

Edited by - the_ignored on 10/24/2004 16:52:04

filthy
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Posted - 10/24/2004 :  18:20:23   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send filthy a Private Message
If we continue on as we are going, the ACLU might be the only thing standing between us and a theocratic government.

The communist claims are a pile of crap. Ever since the '50s, and earlier, if some entity was disliked, it was shouted that it had communist ties. It continues today -- the tosspot ghost of Joe McCarthy yet walks among us.....

(Card-carrying member of the ACLU.)

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Siberia
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Posted - 10/24/2004 :  18:46:23   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Visit Siberia's Homepage  Send Siberia an AOL message  Send Siberia a Yahoo! Message Send Siberia a Private Message
What's ACLU?
It's always the same. Blame the communists, call it Nazi, call it fascist, call it even anarchist, but heck, don't let it live.

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Dave W.
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Posted - 10/24/2004 :  19:06:47   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Visit Dave W.'s Homepage Send Dave W. a Private Message
The American Civil Liberties Union, an organization devoted to protecting people's rights as granted by the United States Constitution.

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Gorgo
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Posted - 10/25/2004 :  04:17:59   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send Gorgo a Private Message
I think you'll find a lot of good people belonged to a very respectable organization called the American Communist Party, and you'll probably find that many of the founding members of the ACLU were Communists or socialists.

I recommend Howard Fast's autobiography, Being Red, to be more acquainted with the American Communists. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Fast
http://trussel.com/f_how.htm

I found this in the Atlanta Journal Constitution:

Q: A recent letter to the editor in the Brunswick News said that former President Jimmy Carter awarded the nation's highest civilian medal to Roger Baldwin, founder of the American Civil Liberties Union. The letter further stated that Baldwin was a member of the Communist Party. Can you verify if any of this is true?
--- C. L. Ray, Marietta
A: The Carter Presidential Center confirmed that on Jan. 16, 1981, Carter awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Baldwin, who founded the ACLU in 1920. Baldwin, who was born in 1884, died Aug. 26, 1981.
Some early critics indeed did accuse the ACLU of defending only Communists, but the organization responded by pointing out that for the same reason it defended them, it also defended Nazis and members of the Ku Klux Klan. It explained that it defended not their doctrines, but their right to make them known as guaranteed by the Bill of Rights. Current Biography (1940), in its section on Baldwin, quoted this as the ACLU's statement of purpose: "We stand on general principle that all matters of public concern should be freely discussed without interference."
As far as Baldwin personally being a member of the Communist Party, there's no evidence, although he was known to be "extremely active" in the American left in the 1920s and '30s, as The New York Times reported at his death. The Times obituary went on to say: "A member of no party, he was nonetheless amenable to helping the Communists, Socialists and Leftists. By 1940, however, he had experienced a change of heart about the Communists."



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Cuneiformist
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USA
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Posted - 10/25/2004 :  06:20:35   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send Cuneiformist a Private Message
quote:
Originally posted by filthy
The communist claims are a pile of crap. Ever since the '50s, and earlier, if some entity was disliked, it was shouted that it had communist ties. It continues today -- the tosspot ghost of Joe McCarthy yet walks among us.....


I think it also has to do with the fact that the ACLU actually defends the rights of communists to meet and speak freely-- something that the Constitution guarentees! Thus, in a bit of irony, they became associated with the far left. Imagine-- defending the Constitution is a task for communists!

It is now fashionable for the right to blame the ACLU for all sorts of societal ills because they're in the habit of defending commies, atheists, minority religions (Islam, Hindu, Wicca, etc.). Of course, the ACLU also defends main-stream Christians but that rarely makes news in fundie circles...
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chaloobi
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Posted - 10/25/2004 :  07:25:54   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Send chaloobi a Yahoo! Message Send chaloobi a Private Message
quote:
Originally posted by the_ignored

The hell?

The hell? On a certain other website there's an argument about the supposed "communistic origins" of the ACLU.

Here are the links that were given. I'm going to be going some googling myself, but for now, does anyone know anything about this?

http://www.internet-grocer.com/aclu.htm

http://www.geocities.com/graymada/aclu.html

Yes, the organization dedicated to defending the Bill of Rights is communist. Good God. Am I wrong in fearing for the future of our democracy?

-Chaloobi

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Siberia
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Brazil
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Posted - 10/25/2004 :  15:18:12   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Visit Siberia's Homepage  Send Siberia an AOL message  Send Siberia a Yahoo! Message Send Siberia a Private Message
quote:
Originally posted by chaloobi
Yes, the organization dedicated to defending the Bill of Rights is communist. Good God. Am I wrong in fearing for the future of our democracy?


What democracy? The last remnants of it?

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chaloobi
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Posted - 10/26/2004 :  05:26:04   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Send chaloobi a Yahoo! Message Send chaloobi a Private Message
quote:
Originally posted by Siberia

quote:
Originally posted by chaloobi
Yes, the organization dedicated to defending the Bill of Rights is communist. Good God. Am I wrong in fearing for the future of our democracy?


What democracy? The last remnants of it?

Well, it's not that bad . . . .

-Chaloobi

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Dr. Mabuse
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Sweden
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Posted - 10/26/2004 :  08:04:17   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Send Dr. Mabuse an ICQ Message Send Dr. Mabuse a Private Message
quote:
Originally posted by chaloobi

quote:
Originally posted by Siberia

quote:
Originally posted by chaloobi
Yes, the organization dedicated to defending the Bill of Rights is communist. Good God. Am I wrong in fearing for the future of our democracy?


What democracy? The last remnants of it?

Well, it's not that bad . . . .

Say after me: Plu-to-cra-cy.

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chaloobi
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Posted - 10/26/2004 :  08:15:07   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Send chaloobi a Yahoo! Message Send chaloobi a Private Message
Is there any government - anywhere - that's NOT a plutocracy at heart?

-Chaloobi

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Dr. Mabuse
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Posted - 10/26/2004 :  18:38:47   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Send Dr. Mabuse an ICQ Message Send Dr. Mabuse a Private Message
quote:
Originally posted by chaloobi

Is there any government - anywhere - that's NOT a plutocracy at heart?

Finland?

Scandinavia as a region tops the list of least government corruption in the world, at least what I read in a newspaper recently. Finland is rated best among the Scandinavian countries. During election years, politicions talk about issues, and though Big Business doesn't stay quiet, they have very limited options to control media or campaigning.
In Sweden, 10 years ago there was practically no personal elections, only party, and the party nominated the representatives.
People generally have a high education level. Literacy rate is very high.

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dominic_dice
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Posted - 10/27/2004 :  01:32:33   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send dominic_dice a Private Message
What's a plutocracy?

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filthy
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Posted - 10/27/2004 :  02:00:28   [Permalink]  Show Profile Send filthy a Private Message
quote:
Originally posted by dominic_dice

What's a plutocracy?

Rule by the wealthy.

"Money won't buy you love....." -- what a crock!


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Valiant Dancer
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Posted - 10/27/2004 :  06:26:25   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Visit Valiant Dancer's Homepage Send Valiant Dancer a Private Message
quote:
Originally posted by Dr. Mabuse

quote:
Originally posted by chaloobi

Is there any government - anywhere - that's NOT a plutocracy at heart?

Finland?

Scandinavia as a region tops the list of least government corruption in the world, at least what I read in a newspaper recently. Finland is rated best among the Scandinavian countries. During election years, politicions talk about issues, and though Big Business doesn't stay quiet, they have very limited options to control media or campaigning.
In Sweden, 10 years ago there was practically no personal elections, only party, and the party nominated the representatives.
People generally have a high education level. Literacy rate is very high.



Well, there just isn't as much to steal in Scandinavia.

Also, the US is not a democracy. It's a Constitutional Republic.

Cthulhu/Asmodeus when you're tired of voting for the lesser of two evils

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chaloobi
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Posted - 10/27/2004 :  06:41:39   [Permalink]  Show Profile  Send chaloobi a Yahoo! Message Send chaloobi a Private Message
quote:
Originally posted by Valiant Dancer
<snip>
Also, the US is not a democracy. It's a Constitutional Republic.

Well, yes, of course. But it incorporates the concept of the masses shaping policy via the vote and in the vernacular we call that 'democracy.' It's not technically correct, but it's better for wide, simple communication. The idea is understood and more or less the same, for the purposes of this thread, however.

-Chaloobi

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