oderahope:geographyofhell:captainfunkpunkandroll:parte-enrages-fandom:marxism-leninism-memei
oderahope: geographyofhell: captainfunkpunkandroll: parte-enrages-fandom: marxism-leninism-memeism: the aclu have literally been defending nazis since at least the 80s for christssake The ACLU declined to defend Paul Robeson, because he advocated for Communism, and they decided that wasn’t nice. It’d be bad enough if they were just Freeze Peach Fetishists who happily enabled nazis, but they’re also anti-communist bootlickers (from confirmed Radical Left Wing Source, Wikipedia): The federal government took direct aim at the U.S. Communist party in 1948 when it indicted its top twelve leaders in the Foley Square trial.[167] The case hinged on whether or not mere membership in a totalitarian political party was sufficient to conclude that members advocated the overthrow of the United States government.[167] The ACLU chose to not represent any of the defendants, and they were all found guilty and sentenced to three to five years in prison.[167] Their defense attorneys were all cited for contempt, went to prison and were disbarred.[157] When the government indicted additional party members, the defendants could not find attorneys to represent them.[157]Communists protested outside the courthouse; a bill to outlaw picketing of courthouses was introduced in Congress, and the ACLU supported the anti-picketing law.[157] The ACLU allowed Nazis to protest in a Jewish community in 1979. They never been shit. And them denying Paul Robeson help lets me know how they are. Fuck ‘em. the argument that i’ve always heard from liberals (like afloweroutofst*ne) is as follows: if we fail to defend the kl*n, n*zis, and homophobes then “the rest of us” will also lose our right to freedom of speech. they say that a precedent will be set if we don’t defend violent reactionaries, as it will set a dangerous double standard. these liberals insist that groups like BLM, feminists, and LGBT rights activists will also be threatened, and so we simply must defend them even if we hate the things that they are saying/doing. the issue with this argument of course is that there already exists a long and complex history of the US government silencing, imprisoning, black-listing, and murdering leftists. just look at the murders of black civil rights activists in the 50s, 60s, and 70s (and today). just look at the McCarthy trials (the “Red Scare” and the accompanying “Lavender Scare”) where communists and gay men and women were imprisoned and black-listed and forced into silence. just look at the way union organizers have been murdered, beaten, and imprisoned for decades simply for demanding fairer treatment. the point being, “the rest of us” are already forced into silence. “the rest of us” already have our freedom of speech violated quite regularly. I wrote my essay on the fact that charlottsiville would never have happened if it wasnt thanks to ACLUgoing to court sueing the city WHO INITAL DENIED THE PERMIT FOR WHITE SUPREMEIST BUT THE ACLU SUED CLAIMING FREE SPECCH AND GOT THEM THEYRE PERMIT BACK. -- source link