[Jay777]

READ THE ANTI-ACLU VERSION AT STOP THE ACLU

[Jay777]

PING!

[Ptarmigan]

When will the IRS audit the ACLU?

[Freeport]

"... would discourage its board members from publicly criticizing the organization’s policies..."

Kinda say's it all. So much for free speach.

[<1/1,000,000th%]

“For the national board to consider promulgating a gag order on its members — I can’t think of anything more contrary to the reason the A.C.L.U. exists,” Mr. Hentoff added.

He hasn't been following the news.

[Danae]

New ACLU Motto:

"Free speech for all....

As long as it expresses what we want it to."

[David Allen]

This is so typical of leftists. Find a group of leftists, and you'll find an environment that cannot tolerate thoughts outside the narrowly accepted range. There's no place on the internet where there's less freedom of speech than at DU. I enjoy DU Funnies, but the reality is "it ain't funny." The lack of open discourse, that is.

It's like watching a bunch of people talk nonstop over which shade of green is best, when someone suddenly says "what about red?" Then all hell breaks loose until the guy who mentioned red is gone.

Then they go back to talking about how great green is.

[Mo1]

A.C.L.U are Hypocrites

[dead]

Nat Hentoff, a writer and former A.C.L.U. board member, was incredulous. “You sure that didn’t come out of Dick Cheney’s office?” he asked.

“For the national board to consider promulgating a gag order on its members — I can’t think of anything more contrary to the reason the A.C.L.U. exists,” Mr. Hentoff added.

I would have thought Hentoff would have cut bait with the ACLU years ago.

Wake up, Nat. You don’t share the same concept of political and religious freedom that these leftist fascists do.

[Sunshine Sister]

Someone disagrees with the ACLU? Imagine that!

[Anitius Severinus Boethius]

Nat Hentoff is a very intelligent man, but he seems blinded to reality when it comes to Liberals and Conservatives.

What he fails to realize is that Dick Cheney might agree that someone is a "Big Time" major league a-hole, or he might tell you to "F___ Off", he will defend to his death the right for you to say the same things to or about him.

Liberals do not allow that. They want to suppress speech that is "offensive" (to them), they want to suppress speech that is "insensitive" (to them), they want to suppress speech that is "overly critical" (to them).

In other words Nat, they want liberality for themselves and no liberty for those they disagree with.

[mkjessup]

So what does the ACLU propose to do to board members who do NOT obey their "gag order"?

Maybe they could borrow some sword-swinging decapitation teams from CAIR?

[WinteryDays]

Nope. I support them on this issue. This is not an issue about public free speech. They have a right to police their own organization and if they feel they are employing someone that is presenting a negative image they have a right to remove that person.

I agree with their right to do so 110%.

[God luvs America]

classic liberal/leftist hypocrisy....

[facedown]

You vill remain silent, SILENT.

[George W. Bush]

“If you disagree with a policy position,” she said, “you are implicitly criticizing the judgment of whoever adopted the position, board or staff.”

Then is there any reason to have a board? This is what they do with the boards of NGOs. The board only exists to rubberstamp the actions of the staff. You see this in education all the time.

[Redcloak]

Will they send dissenting board members to Tolerance Camp?

[DocRock]

From the article:

"Mr. Meyers lost his bid for re-election to the board last year, but Ms. Kaminer has continued to speak out. Last month, she was quoted in The New York Sun as criticizing the group's endorsement of legislation to regulate advertising done by counseling centers run by anti-abortion groups. The bill would prohibit such centers from running advertisements suggesting that they provide abortion services when they actually try to persuade women to continue their pregnancies.

Ms. Kaminer and another board member, John C. Brittain, charged that the proposal threatened free speech. "I find it quite appalling that the A.C.L.U. is actively supporting this," Ms. Kaminer told The Sun.

Abortion trumps Free Speech with these hypocrites.

[goldstategop]

The ACLU doesn't even believe in its own members' right to express dissenting views. It stopped being a civil liberties organization years ago. Today, its another Far Left agenda cult.

(Denny Crane: "Every one should carry a gun strapped to their waist. We need more - not less guns.")