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  4. From: fcrary@ucsu.Colorado.EDU (Frank Crary)
  5. Subject: Re: [ACLU] Guardian of Liberty: American Civil Liberties Union
  6. Message-ID: <1992Nov19.070356.28170@ucsu.Colorado.EDU>
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  11. Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 07:03:56 GMT
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  14. In article <1992Nov18.171739.27144@Princeton.EDU> niepornt@phoenix.Princeton.EDU (David Marc Nieporent) writes:
  15. >>Isn't it a bit fraudulent to claim to support the bill of rights when you
  16. >>choose to ignore certain parts of it?
  17.  
  18. >No; they don't ignore it.  They just don't interpret it the way you do.
  19. >Maybe they're wrong, but they aren't ignoring it.
  20.  
  21. I'd disagree: The ACLU has invented or adopted very doubtfull interpertations,
  22. to rationalize their practice, of ignoring parts of the Bill of Rights.
  23. Their emphasis is certainly and clearly political, which calls into 
  24. question their claims of political neutrality.
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  26.                                                    Frank Crary
  27.                                                    CU Boulder
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