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scheming daemons Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-21-10 09:03 PM
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The ACLU was on the wrong side of history today.. .and I'm cancelling my membership

Amicus brief filed on BEHALF of Citizens United by the ACLU:

http://www.aclu.org/free-speech/citizens-united-v-federal-election-commission-aclu-amicus-brief



Basically, the ACLU helped destroy our democracy today.



Never thought I'd see the day...
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FrenchieCat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-21-10 09:05 PM
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1. That's what happens when you deal with extremists.......
in the end, it all comes back to some messed up shit.
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grillo7 Donating Member (243 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-22-10 01:07 AM
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3. Terribly sad, yet... hilarious! n/t
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tekisui Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Jan-21-10 09:06 PM
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2. Politics makes strange bedfellows.
They argue for absolute freedom of speech, and I support that. We need other institutions to define that right to only people. Not corporations as people. I still support the ACLU, because they are there to defend my rights.
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Jennicut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Jan-22-10 01:13 AM
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4. Freedom of "speech" taken too far.
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