But in retrospect their pimping of the Citizen's United case was one of the biggest WTF moments in recent memory....

Aside from that, they've always been on the side of truth and justice...

its sort of their raison d'être

Fact is you need to look beneath the surface and at the substance of anything to see what it's really about. There's several people on here who can't do that. Who don't understand complexities. Or maybe they do but they throw that aside in their attempt to swiftboat someone who dares criticize their idol.

One of these days I'm going to learn to keep more than one thought in my head at once.

they say and do. Then all you have to do is try to discredit anyone who says anything against that one person. Simplifies everything.

However, you now have to deal with the burden of knowing that person is now you.

And it's the ACLU that should be faulted for defending the KKK, not the people that are rightfully upset about it.

In a perfect world, we'd stomp all over the KKK with impunity and no one would rush to their defense.

I think that stopping the KKK is a great idea. I've participated in a couple of anti-KKK rallies, including one in Austin Texas where we outnumbered the KKK and their Nazi allies by about 5,000 to 15. That's the way to shut them up and have them scurrying back to their rat holes.

But don't confuse the righteous anger of the people against the KKK with governmental prohibition of their activities. We have seen so many examples over the years that a law passed to stop the activities of a group we don't like is then used to attack progressive movements.

So, I agree with the ACLU's actions to ensure that activities protected by the 1rst Amendment are not restricted by the government. And I'd be delighted to work with you to stop the KKK wherever they appear.

There are plenty of people that would find the postings DU offensive, but Freedom of Speech means we have the right to do it anyway. Having to put up with the KKK is a small price to pay for that.

The ACLU is 100% correct defending the KKK's rights. I just wish they were as agressive about defending some of our other civil rights, like RKBA.

doesn't mean the ACLU is a bad organization. Quite the contrary.

Shows why "shooting the messenger" is such a stupid and dangerous thing to do.

I disagree with RKBA though, had to look it up to know what that stood for, and wanted to add that I don't agree with that part. Don't want to discuss it here, plenty of threads for that on DU, just wanted to clarify my "yep" in my reply title.