Posted on 03/25/2011 7:42:49 AM PDT by jimluke01
“The focus on 1931 is misleading since the ACLU very publically purged its CP members several years later.”
There you have it. Nothing to see at the ACLU, move on everyone.
/Sard/
religious speech should be treated like any other speech
religious speech is speech
This is the GeronL Doctrine
Government also funds “Legal Services Corp” and it too needs to be defunded.
Government should not fund anything but government. period.
Using state power to destroy religious expression is a mighty funny way of "abolishing the state."
“The focus on 1931 is misleading since the ACLU very publically purged its CP members several years later.”
There you have it. Nothing to see at the ACLU, move on everyone.
/Sard/
“The focus on 1931 is misleading since the ACLU very publically purged its CP members several years later.”
There you have it. Nothing to see at the ACLU, move on everyone.
/Sard/
If you are interested in facts (no sarcasm in my case), I did not say or imply "Nothing to say in the ACLU, move on everyone." I am extremely critical of the organization's statism and double standards (though it is often a zealous ally of the guns rights lobbyists in Congress). I was merely pointing out that it purged (much to the criticism of other leftists), their Communist element after 1931. IMHO, I do not find people credible who leave out facts that contradict their claims. Do you feel otherwise?
Here is a statement from a lefty who hates the ACLU's anti-CP purge:
One black mark on Baldwin's record was the 1940 expulsion of Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, a member of the ACLU's Board of Directors who openly belonged to the American Communist Party. The American Communists had by that point favored peace and neutrality in international relations, but this did not matter to Baldwin, who felt--presumably with a convert's zeal--that no Communist could be a civil libertarian. Flynn's removal from the ACLU board, more than a decade before the McCarthy hearings, had a chilling effect on the U.S. civil libertarian community, which still included many professing communists.
You said the purge was all for show but your link did not even address this issue. It accurately noted that Elizabeth Gurley Flynn was a Communist (this was nevver at issue) but dishonestly failed to note that the fact that she was purged in this “show.”
“I do not find people credible who leave out facts that contradict their claims.”
Agreed. But, the ACLU holds some ambiguous positions;
It is for gun rights but only as they apply to a
well-regulated militia and not to possession by individuals.
It is against capital punishment but in favor of “reproductive rights” without regard to the outcome for the occupants of the womb.
It is for the right to free expression of religious faith but not in public; no prayers at public functions, no words allowed by clergymen/women.
Just because someone “purged” communists from the organization doesn’t mean that it is not inspired by communist thought and filled with an over-weening sense that there are no protections possible for humans without their presence on the earth.
(Respectfully and with best regards.)
IMHO
It would be nice if this were the end of the story, however by the mid-1960's the ACLU no longer felt the need to seperate itself from Communism. So, in 1967, the board voted to effectively rescind the 1940 Resolution and welcomed communists back into the Union. They later rescinded Flynn's purge, and elevated her to "hero" status.
They came under investigation again and were debated in Congress in 1961.Source
The ACLU is literally seeking to criminalize Christianity.
Looks like Captain Kirk was zotted.
” chilling effect on the U.S. civil libertarian community, which still included many professing communists.”
NO communist can be a civil libertarian. They lie and have proven they will kill to further communism. they are like muzzies that way.
If the ACLU is prepared to physically prevent me from resisting, fine.
Anti-Christians Love Us...ACLU.
Wasn’t at least one member of the Supreme Court a member of the ACLU?
“No communist can be a civil libertarian. They lie and have proven they will kill to further communism. They are like muzzies that way.”
“Muzzies” and progressives hold hands for a reason; they both tend toward violence, they both hate Christians, and they both want to overthrow the West.
(The question is, what will they do with each other if they succeed.)
IMHO
Oh, I guess no school administrator would accept my email address: Diana17@believer.com. Probably would be considered spam, dangerous spam.
Somehow, I feel though, that we also are still stuck with the Kardashians, the Jolie-Pitts, etc. We eat bark soup and watch their lavish lifestyles?
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