I'm With John Cole

I have never understood the Right's hate of the ACLU. The ACLU states that their mission is '...to defend and preserve the individual rights and liberties that the Constitution and laws of the United States guarantee everyone in this country.'. I think that it goes back to a discussion that I have had with a couple of conservative leaning friends of mine. Too many people on the Right feel those rights and liberties that the Constitution and laws grant are privileges and not really rights.

Mr. Cole sums up my thoughts rather nicely here.

There simply isn’t a more American institution out there, and I do not understand why it is so hated by the right.

Apparently the ACLU has hit some rough times, like all of us. Donate here.