ACLU CAN'T DISTINGUISH LYNCH MOBS FROM PEACEABLE ASSEMBLIES: There's no question about the willingness of the minority population and even some Working Class whites
to take the necessary ameliorative action against the fascists –
“fascists” used here in its broadest sense, to include the JesuNazis and
all the other violent reactionaries the Trump-Pence Regime is elevating to national legitimacy.
But the majority of apparently non-fascist whites, especially those of
the professional and managerial castes, seem too cowardly – or too
clandestinely compliant – to do more than hide behind First Amendment
rhetoric that refuses to distinguish between peaceable assemblies and
lynch mobs, thereby enabling the lynch mob that tried to beat an African-American man to death and murdered Heather Heyer, whose memorial service
was held in Charlottesville, Virginia Tuesday night. (With thanks to
Tigerlille for the “Cops refused to protect synagogue” link.)
CITIZENS UNITED DEFENDER ACLU FOUGHT TO ENABLE NAZI VIOLENCE: The
great paradox of democratic process is its inherent
self-destructiveness. And nothing illustrates that paradox more vividly
than the American Civil Liberties Union, which fights to destroy the
democratic process in the name of defending it, whether as amicus curiae in the Citizens United case or defender of the Nazis' right to march (and murder) in Charlottesville.
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