Gunny
Gold Member
Nuc said:The problem with ACLU is that it is an advocacy group. There are too many groups in this society who advocate exclusively for their own interests. The civil rights movement started in response to a need. Now it's just "do what the blacks want". Feminism started for some good reasons, now, "give women what they want". Retired people vote in blocs against education funding, simply because they don't need it. Who cares about society at large? ACLU has a set of principles they pursue whether or not it's in the interest of the public. Sometimes they are right, sometimes they are wrong, but they don't choose their causes on that basis. We need more groups working towards the common good and less on behalf of their own little subcultures.
Interesting that when you start listing exclusive interest groups most belong to the DNC.
Yet liberals sit and wonder why the DNC can't get its act together and speak with one voice. I still remember the Dems debating one another for the 1980 election. They crucified each other. The did Reagan's work for him far more effectively than if it had been him calling them names.