ACLU To Defend Nazis Again

[thumbelina]

The ACLU lost a number of members in 1977 when they defended the American Nazi Party (http://www.kansaspress.ku.edu/strwhe.html) when they wanted to stage a demonstration in the town of Skokie, Illinois -- a city where a number of Holocaust victims and their families had settled. Over 30,000 ACLU members staged a demonstration of their own when they marched out of the organization, even after the ACLU won the case, and even though the Nazis never did march in Skokie.

Thirty years later, the ACLU proves that they have not learned their lesson. The Ohio chapter (http://www.acluohio.org/) has agreed to represent the American Nazi Party again in a conflict over a demonstration permit, this time in a predominantly black neighborhood in Cincinnati. Holly at The Moderate Voice (http://themoderatevoice.com/society/law-legal-matters/12155/aclu-of-ohio-makes-an-old-mistake/) shares the e-mail... Source (http://www.captainsquartersblog.com/mt/archives/009678.php)

[Dr. Madd]

This just goes to prove that Liberals and their hired guns in the ACLU are agents of the devil and should be treated as such.

[PolyPartisan]

You call them communist sympathsizers, but now you're accusing them of being bed with Nazis?? If I recall correctly, Nazis murdered communists in the death camps. You can't have it both ways. In this case, the ACLU is doing as they should. That is, they are being impartial to the politics of the free speech they are protecting.

[swampfox]

As evil as the nazis are, they still have a right to have their protests and marches. If we deny one group of people their rights then we could deny everyone else their rights to, and THAT is a very slippery slope. As hard as it is im siding with the ACLU on this one.

[Dr. Madd]

Thing is, these people are attempting a demonstration in a part of town that takes this sort of thing seriously, and could therefore be considered to be inciting a riot.

[i_love_being_so_wicked]

I think Nazism and Communism should both be banned in their own right. I mean what good thing has come from either of these political parties?

[swampfox]

absolutley nothing good has come out of either wicked, but if we ban them, then whats to stop that some democrats say nothing good has come out of the republicans or vice versa. like i said before, freedom of speech is a delicate thing and we cant go around giving it some and denying it to others.

[Madcowhunter]

Nazis have their rights too... Racism may be vile, but it is not illegal either.

[Bumblebee]

You call them communist sympathsizers, but now you're accusing them of being bed with Nazis?? If I recall correctly, Nazis murdered communists in the death camps. You can't have it both ways. In this case, the ACLU is doing as they should. That is, they are being impartial to the politics of the free speech they are protecting.
The ACLU is impartial? Where did you get that idea?

[Bumblebee]

absolutley nothing good has come out of either wicked, but if we ban them, then whats to stop that some democrats say nothing good has come out of the republicans or vice versa. like i said before, freedom of speech is a delicate thing and we cant go around giving it some and denying it to others.
WELCOME TO TAR, SWAMPFOX!!

[WhiteAfricanAmerican]

As hateful and vicious as these Nazi's are, they still have their right to free speech. I can't stand them, I wish they'd up and vanish, but they have a right to be heard.

That being said, if they have no constructive additions to make to the discussion, then they'll be relegated to the shit list like every other non constructive group.

As for the ACLU, I wouldn't put it past them to take this case only to demonstrate their 'equal access' lie.

The ACLU is a commie org, the VAST majority of their cases are targetted against conservatism (religion, family rights, common sense), and the sooner they go belly up the better.

The ACLU exists by expoliting this US Code
USC 42, sect 1988 (http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/search/display.html?terms=1988&url=/uscode/html/uscode42/usc_sec_42_00001988----000-.html)

Essentially forcing the taxpayer to pay for their prosecution anti-relgious/civil rights case.

I wonder what would happen to the ACLU if that loophole was closed?

I wonder how much of a champion for civil right the ACLU would be.

[swampfox]

The ACLU- American Civil Liberties Union.

OR
:icon_mrgr as I like to call them- Anti-Christian Lawyers Union!

[Dr. Madd]

Nazis have their rights too... Racism may be vile, but it is not illegal either.

But inciting a riot is.

Swampy: Impartial? When is the ACLU going to defend Christians and Gunowners.

[swampfox]

I never said that the ACLU was impartial on everything, in fact i think far from it. This one time they made the right decision to defend the nazis, even if they are brown-shirted little hitlers. this is what the ACLU should be like, an impartial orginazation that defends the liberties of all americans, because every once in a while the gov does step over the line or people are discriminated against. Unfortunatley it has been warped into a bunch a liberals who scream hate crimes and racism, supporting and defending those who fit into their agenda.

[Dr. Madd]

The point remains is that a march in a heavily black district by neonazis could only result in a riot.

[swampfox]

Then you bring in crowd control officers in case something does go down, but you cant arrest someone because they MIGHT incite a riot, if we could then the Neo-nazis would have been in jail a long time ago.

[Dr. Madd]

But you can prevent the goose-stepping twits from demonstrating in a place that will cause a riot. It saves money to make them do it elsewhere.