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I'm really hoping this is just a temporary direction by skip 06/23/2016, 2:49pm PDT
Bill from Hoboken wrote:

I still have the emails from 2010 and reading them now compared to recent ones the difference is crazy.

They are OBSESSED with this trans***** shit. Even if the current law isn't about bathrooms, their newsletters are filled to the brim over the past few years with declarations that not allowing body dysmorphic disorder patients to use the incorrect bathroom is the greatest assault on liberty since Hitler stormed through Europe.


Check out their donation page. https://action.aclu.org/donate-aclu?redirect=donate/join-renew-give Their goals are:

Defend voting rights as the presidential election nears
Fight relentless attacks on reproductive freedom
Reform our racially-biased criminal justice system


Hey, weren't you guys supposed to defend the first amendment? We already have PP and BLM but free speech is under serious assault.

Bill from Hoboken wrote:

There is no way, no FUCKING way they would ever defend the KKK now, despite the present organization being a shadow of the threat it was in the 60s.


The lawyer who defended the KKK quit over the trans shit. http://lawnewz.com/important/aclu-leader-resigns-in-protest-after-daughters-scared-by-transwomen-in-restroom/ There's some soccer mom histrionics in there, but I can completely see her point about the ACLU having an internal hierarchy of whose rights to defend. Their old LGBT work focused on censorship of LGBT themes but they're now obsessed with fucking bathrooms and cakes.

Bill from Hoboken wrote:

Is there any progressive organization that hasn't devolved into NPR pledge drive shit? Even MoveOn.org has been co-opted by Sanders supporters and the naval gazings of Robert Reich (for people who think Noam Chompsky is too challenging). They're STILL declaring Bernie a massive success for "forcing the debate left of center". Just more "raising awareness as the be all end all of activism" millennial mush.


I wrote about this a bit in my posts about charities. To quote me:

skip wrote:

I'd add that animal charities and the public broadcasting groups I've donated to have also held up to scrutiny. When your charity is focused on a group that can't speak for themselves very well and people generally don't give a shit about (animals, homeless, the mentally ill, environment), you have active opposition (reproductive/gay/gun rights), and you have a very clear goal (public broadcasting), the charity is generally reliable.


I'd add that most of these organizations don't give a fuck about alienating others on their progressive/conservative side if they can further their agenda. I tend to donate most of my charity dollars to animal/environmental charities for that reason. For free speech, www.thefire.org still seems good. It's a bit right-leaning but they've defended Sanders and pro-marijuana legalization supporters within the past 6 months. That Jefferson Center that awards the Muzzles is nonpartisan. For digital privacy, I think the EFF is still reliable. I like the Brookings Institute for general thinktank work. I also read a blog post by someone who donates $10 to PP and ACLU. Not that it really helps their budget, but so they can say they have X number of donating supporters when they're arguing in DC which is why PP still gets a bit of money from me.

Oh, and of course Alternehahahaha. No, they actually are a tax-deductible non-profit. If you want to support media outrage, you might as well donate to Media Matters, which does better work.
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Why should I give a fuck about forcing trannies to use the correct bathroom? NT by Hi, bo news! 05/31/2016, 7:49pm PDT NEW
    You want burly tattooed trans men in the ladies' room? NT by Buck Angel 05/31/2016, 7:57pm PDT NEW
    Trust in meeeee... trust in meeeee... NT by The LEFT 05/31/2016, 8:25pm PDT NEW
        Political Kaarectness NT by kaarection (I baloo it) 05/31/2016, 11:03pm PDT NEW
    Why do we have to respect body dysmorphic disorder? by just curious 06/01/2016, 1:32am PDT NEW
        Why does this matter to anyone? oh right because it's more unnecessary laws by Worm 06/02/2016, 2:27pm PDT NEW
            Please note by laudablepuss 06/02/2016, 2:34pm PDT NEW
                I really don't know anything about that, obviously. by Worm 06/07/2016, 4:36pm PDT NEW
                    State controlled bathrooms vs outlaw commodes NT by THE TOILET WARS 06/07/2016, 7:04pm PDT NEW
                        Next up: by State controlled bathrooms 06/13/2016, 11:16am PDT NEW
        These people need therapy, not surgery. NT by Oom Shnibble 06/04/2016, 2:56am PDT NEW
            It's much more complicated than that. by Professor Mischief 06/04/2016, 5:45am PDT NEW
                That's interesting by Entropy Stew 06/04/2016, 8:52am PDT NEW
                    Oh no, I only meant that as one example. by Mischief Maker 06/04/2016, 10:53am PDT NEW
                You could of just said "Hermaphrodites are a thing" by Mike Williams of USGamer.net 06/07/2016, 10:02pm PDT NEW
                You're telling me she has a cock? I don't believe you. NT by Mysterio Lollerson 06/07/2016, 10:48pm PDT NEW
                    Don't scroll down! DON'T SCROLL DOWN!!! NT by Mischief Maker 06/12/2016, 5:50pm PDT NEW
    Because the law is actually about stopping any locals raising their minimum wage NT by Roop 06/01/2016, 8:02pm PDT NEW
        You'd think the ACLU would be presenting it like this by fabio 06/01/2016, 11:09pm PDT NEW
            The ACLU has gone to shit over the years by skip 06/22/2016, 10:26pm PDT NEW
                Their newsletter is what made me stop donating by Bill from Hoboken 06/23/2016, 12:13am PDT NEW
                    I'm really hoping this is just a temporary direction by skip 06/23/2016, 2:49pm PDT NEW
                        Re: I'm really hoping this is just a temporary direction by Bill from Hoboken 06/23/2016, 4:03pm PDT NEW
                            also not on their list by Bill from Hoboken 06/23/2016, 4:16pm PDT NEW
                Speaking of which by MUH WAGE GAP! 07/05/2016, 4:47pm PDT NEW
                    No one can doubt their ability to pick the wrong battles by skip 07/07/2016, 10:25am PDT NEW
                        Yeah if they're going to expand into rights of labor by Bill from Hoboken 07/09/2016, 7:30pm PDT NEW
                        Post here about how awful universities have become by Bill from Hoboken 08/31/2016, 4:30am PDT NEW
                            "Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion" by Bill from Hoboken 09/01/2016, 11:26pm PDT NEW
                                Transgender bathrooms?!!!!!! *SPLOOOOOOOOGE* NT by ACLU 09/02/2016, 12:02am PDT NEW
        Ohio just did this too by skip 12/10/2016, 7:52pm PST NEW
    Using the correct bathroom is only a commercial problem by Commander Tansin A. Darcos 09/05/2016, 2:38pm PDT NEW
        Authentic TDARCOS weighs in on the by Kobayashi Maru of the TOILET WARZ 09/05/2016, 6:32pm PDT NEW
 
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