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Manx · 02-21-2005, 03:06 PM

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Originally Posted by alansmithee

\The ACLU does not defend the constitutional rights of all Americans, it only defends the rights of those who fit it's ideological agenda.

This is nonsense, as evidenced rather specifically by your first example of "harm", listed below - the defense of the right of speech of NAMBLA. (Also see the ACLU's defense of the KKK's right to assemble.)

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They aren't a "national watchdog", they are a propaganda organization. I don't see a purpose. And examples of where they have done more harm than good:

http://www.operationlookout.org/look...end_nambla.htm
http://www.aclu.org/FreeSpeech/FreeS...?ID=17134&c=42
http://www.aclu.org/ReligiousLiberty...ID=17318&c=139
http://www.aclu.org/StudentsRights/S...?ID=16785&c=31
http://www.aclu.org/StudentsRights/S...?ID=15931&c=31
http://www.aclu.org/FreeSpeech/FreeS...?ID=17183&c=42
http://www.aclu.org/DrugPolicy/DrugP...?ID=14606&c=79

I could go on, but you should get the point. They have advocated/advocate many positions that I feel are damaging to the well being of society.

You are not the arbiter of what is and what is not harmful to society. You are but a single voice. Society, by definition is the collective. All of those links you posted are examples of the ACLU defending the freedom of speech. You may not agree with the speech which was being attacked, but that does not give anyone the right to limit it, nor does it qualify your judgement of that speech as harmful to society.

If you were attempting to demonstrate that the ACLU is doing more harm than good for society, you failed entirely. If you were attempting to demonstrate that the ACLU is doing more harm than good to you personally, you have still failed entirely, by failing to show any correlation between the articles you posted and your personal life.