Not to Generalize, but Conservatives are Fucking Idiots

How hard is it to understand the mission of the ACLU? It stands for this:

The American Civil Liberties Union

"Civil Liberties" is defined thusly:

Main Entry: civil liberty
Function: noun
: freedom from arbitrary governmental interference (as with the right of free speech) specifically by denial of governmental power and in the U.S. especially as guaranteed by the Bill of Rights -- usually used in plural
- civil libertarian noun or adjective

What that means is that each individual is explicitly permitted to have and/or express his or her opinion without government interference, as long as it doesn't infringe on the rights of others. Government, on the other hand, is not allowed such a freedom.

You may already know this, but the word "liberty" comes from the Latin root "liber" which means "freedom". [Note: I don't necessarily think it's a coincidence that the Latin word also means "book".] The American Civil Liberties Union is primarily concerned with protecting the rights of the individual, something every single goddamned American should wholeheartedly support, and then some.

So when a freaky-looking psycho "conservative" attacks the ACLU and obviously can't comprehend the reasons for its actions, perhaps he just doesn't understand precisely what it is America stands for, namely LIBERTY.

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