Ugh. Where do I begin?
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Can you make the ACLU oodles and oodles of money if they fight for your cause?
The ACLU is a non-profit organization. They do not get paid by clients or seek judgments for themselves or as a percentage of what their client gets. The ACLU is funded by member dues, contributions, and grants from individuals and foundations. They receive no government funding.
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If so, you may just be the man they're looking for. Or hermaphrodite. Or woman. Or child of any gender, race, creed, color...
They even fight for the rights of long-haired, Holocaust-doubting, xenophobic metaltards when their basic constitutional rights have been violated.
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Don't ever say or do anything that may offend anyone, or you will get a lawsuit.
The KKK actually utilized the ACLU once. The group wanted to "Adopt a Highway" and the state wouldn't allow it. So, the KKK went to the ACLU, asked for help, and the ACLU got that Adopt a Highway sign put up!
You do realize that you just contradicted yourself, right? The ACLU stood up for an organization that has
extremely unpopular views because they felt that that organization was being given less access to basic constitutional rights than others solely because of their views.
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And OFTEN go overboard to win a case.
Some of the cases they take and arguments they make are a bit troublesome to me, as they tend to take an extreme "slippery-slope" arguments, but at least they are sticking to their guns. The ACLU believes that the rights guaranteed by the Bill of Rights are unalienable and that no compromise can be made where those rights are concerned. The ACLU is consistent in that way.
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More often than not, they care more about the money they will win with the overhead of an easy case than they do about defending the rights of the plaintiff.
Again, they don't make any money from the cases they win. Check your facts before posting nonsense like that.
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That's okay though, the groups become stinking rich anyway.
Ah yes, we can all see how prosperous minorities have become.
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Not to mention, while they claim "free speech", they are constantly attempting to silence anything that isn't decidedly liberal, such as a harmless phrase like "God Bless America".
The ACLU believes strongly in the implied separation of church and state (I say "implied" because it is not explicitly stated in the 1st Amendment, but tons of precedent has been established by the Supreme Court over the years that confirms the separation of church and state). You are free to say "God Bless America" all you want. It's different if you use public institutions (those funded by American taxpayers) to make statements about any kind of God. The concept at play here is referred to as "coercion." Since the government is supposed to be the protector of our right to practice religion (or not) however we please, it is not the government's place to actually promote any one religion.
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...and making it illegal to practice religion in any way that you may actually be seen.
Pure and utter bollocks.
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Then, onto making it illegal to *not* be a minority.
See above.
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I bet I wouldn't get shit if I complained that I can't get a job because my hair is long.
You're correct. Unless you could show that you have long hair for religious reasons health reasons or for other reasons over which you have no control, there is no particular reason Constitution-wise that an employer can't discriminate against you because you have long hair. There was actually a famous case the ACLU argued concerning the hairstyle of a woman whose employers were wanted changed. She argued (successfully) that her hairstyle was part of the tradition of her religion and refused to change it. (Note that the ACLU defended the expression of religion here.)
There was a time in college when I was waiting tables and my employer asked me to cut my hair. I called the ACLU at that time, and they said pretty much what I said above. I cut my hair (not all off, but shorter).
By the way, I now have long hair and a job that pays me fairly well. You can have long hair and get a job if you have skills the employer wants.
