When the American Civil Liberties Union comes under attack, the salvos are often launched from the right. The ACLU, after all, is as enthusiastic about protecting the interests of feminists, gays, abortionist-rights campaigners and immigrants, legal or illegal, as it is uninterested in preventing the abuse of anti-abortion protesters, the censorship of media conservatives and the bullying of college evangelical groups for their opposition to homosexuality. On the right, the phrase "card-carrying member of the ACLU" is an insult; on the left, it is a credential.
But now comes an anti-ACLU barrage from an unusual source: a prominent liberal. Wendy Kaminer, a lawyer, astute social critic and contributor to the Nation magazine and National Public Radio, is also a former member of the ACLU national board. She left the organization in disgust in 2006 and has recorded her grievances in "Worst Instincts: Cowardice, Conformity, and the ACLU."
Of course she'll by lambasted by the libs. There's no one worse than an apostate.
So once again, it's a liberal saying do as I say, not as I do. At what point will people get it clear that many of those who claim the mantle of liberalism or diversity are no better than anyone else. Being a minority or gay doesn't automatically confer nobility. Yet this is the only argument that can be used to excuse some of the weirdest political and legal shenanigans in decades.
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