What's the beef with the ACLU?

I remember when I was in school, and we tried to put on a Christmas play. Suddenly, Nadine Strossen ran in, personally kicked the guy playing Santa in the nuts, screamed, "THERE IS NO GOD!", and ran back out, leaving a trail of crying children in her wake.

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"I know some of you are going to say 'I did look it up, and that's not true.' That's 'cause you looked it up in a book. Next time, look it up in your gut."
-Stephen Colbert

Don't forget the Supreme Court and Congress! They're all pretending, too!In fact, the entire history of constitutional law has been one big game of make believe, that got a little out of hand. Sorry, folks. It started when Thomas Jefferson put a towel around his neck, and ran around the living room like Superman... from there, it just sorta snowballed.

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"I know some of you are going to say 'I did look it up, and that's not true.' That's 'cause you looked it up in a book. Next time, look it up in your gut."
-Stephen Colbert

A little more history: In the 1940s, Baldwin denounced communism, and purged the ACLU of all communist members. Don't let that stop your fun, though.

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"I know some of you are going to say 'I did look it up, and that's not true.' That's 'cause you looked it up in a book. Next time, look it up in your gut."
-Stephen Colbert

Well nuh-uh to you too.His book, "A New Slavery", is one massive screed against communism. He refers to it as "the inhuman communist police state tyranny." If anyone can read that book and think Baldwin was still communist, there's not a whole lot you can say to them. Ten years before McCarthyism? Seven years before McCarthy even became a senator? Wow! Not only was Baldwin a godless communist bent on destroying America, he also had pyschic powers!Cool!Meanwhile, back in Realityland, the event that tipped Baldwin against communism was the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. But again, don't let that stop you. I'm sure it's much more fun to say that he could see through time.

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"I know some of you are going to say 'I did look it up, and that's not true.' That's 'cause you looked it up in a book. Next time, look it up in your gut."
-Stephen Colbert

Those bastards.Seriously, if you believe this, then what's the problem? Do you think that a case in which the criminality is ambiguous should not have a top-notch defense?Maybe I'm some radical partisan leftie, but I'm generally of the school of thought that we shouldn't send someone to jail if we're not sure what they did was even a crime.Edited by Dan Carroll, : No reason given.

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"I know some of you are going to say 'I did look it up, and that's not true.' That's 'cause you looked it up in a book. Next time, look it up in your gut."
-Stephen Colbert

While writing screeds against it, and ridding his orginization of all communist members.That's some fierce support, all right. I think you said he was hiding from "McCarthy's own social cleansing."I also think the part of your brain that's supposed to provide statements like, "Oops, I fucked up," blew a fuse somewhere along the lines. What a monster. He thought speech was a good way to say things. *rubs temples wearily*The Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact was the treaty through which the Soviets collaborated with Nazi Germany. The statement you just made essentially translates to, "He didn't abandon communism over the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. Rather, he was sickened by the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact."

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"I know some of you are going to say 'I did look it up, and that's not true.' That's 'cause you looked it up in a book. Next time, look it up in your gut."
-Stephen Colbert

Yeah, I bet the soundtrack'll be fantastic.Damn, NJ. At least get the facts in your lame jokes right.

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"I know some of you are going to say 'I did look it up, and that's not true.' That's 'cause you looked it up in a book. Next time, look it up in your gut."
-Stephen Colbert