[Peace-discuss] ACLU liberals

[David Green]

Where's the presence of the local ACLU in the local media regarding criticism of 
Obama's policies?




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From: Robert Naiman <naiman.uiuc at gmail.com>
To: David Green <davegreen84 at yahoo.com>
Cc: Peace Discuss <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net>
Sent: Fri, November 19, 2010 3:20:23 PM
Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] ACLU liberals

I object to your guilt-by-association. If you want to slam one person
with whom you have an issue, that's one thing. It's another thing to
slam an organization, based on your interaction with one individual
who is in the organization.

If you follow what the national ACLU has been putting out on the
policies of the Obama Administration, on detention, on assassination,
on military commissions, on accountability for torture, etc. I think
one would be hard pressed to argue that they have been pulling their
punches.

On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 3:07 PM, David Green <davegreen84 at yahoo.com> wrote:
> The ACLU stands for one of many possible fundamental principles. Too many of
> its members think that that is the only one worth standing for, and wish to
> cover themselves with glory for doing so. It's become a pretty transparent
> business, and Gehrig's behavior exposes one aspect of that--he's an overt
> racist vis a vis the Palestinians, and he's especially annoyed that I showed
> him to be a liar regarding the death of Rachel Corrie. Bob, I would think
> that that would concern you regarding the credibility of the ACLU, as well
> as the substantive issue I've raised in my letter; likely I would think
> wrong. Nothing about liberals seems to bother you.
>
> DG
> ________________________________
> From: Robert Naiman <naiman.uiuc at gmail.com>
> To: David Green <davegreen84 at yahoo.com>
> Cc: Peace Discuss <peace-discuss at lists.chambana.net>
> Sent: Fri, November 19, 2010 12:14:54 PM
> Subject: Re: [Peace-discuss] ACLU liberals
>
> Is the ACLU responsible for what David Gehrig writes in letters to the
> DI? When he volunteered to sit at the table, should they have said:
> now, not just anyone can sit at this table. What kind of letters do
> you plan to write to the DI?
>
> On Fri, Nov 19, 2010 at 12:03 PM, David Green <davegreen84 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>> The last time I saw David Gehrig, he was manning the ACLU table at the
>> Farmers Market. I hear that he has resigned from the Urbana City Council.
>> Here's his comment in response to my DI letter:
>>
>>
>>http://www.dailyillini.com/opinions/letters-to-the-editor/2010/11/17/exploitation-of-war-for-fun-profit-disturbing#comments-title
>>e
>>
>>
>> "Is the Daily Illini really so hard up for letters that it must print
>> near-weekly squashrot from the fringe flake David Green? Has he absolutely
>> no idea of how he comes across? I've never seen anyone so brilliantly
>> incarnate every facet of the far-right parody of what a dour, smug,
>> holds-the-copyright-on-sanctimonious leftist is like. Is he some kind of
>> counter-Colbert, except that nobody's in on the joke?"
>>
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