Call it what you will. They do necessary work that many people don't appreciate. Like ACLU of old.

NedoftheHill 47537 posts Joined: Jun 29, 2011

Posted 8:19 pm on Aug 11, 2019

Remember when the ACLU defended Nazis? They were actually defending freedom of speech for all of us, but I get that most people don't see these issues that deeply.

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Evil preaches tolerance until it is dominant, then it tries to silence good.

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Call it what you will. They do necessary work that many people don't appreciate. Like ACLU of old. NedoftheHill 8:19pm · 8/11/19
- And like the ACLU of old they often take extreme positions. The ACLU constantly fought even Frank L 9:11pm · 8/11/19
  - The NRA has accepted and supported many reasonable limits. For example, the ban on automatic weaponsNT NedoftheHill 9:19pm · 8/11/19
    - Back then they were a sportsman’s group. Of course they weren’t in favor of full military weapons. Frank L 9:26pm · 8/11/19
      - And they still are not in favor of civilian ownership of full military weapons like M-16s. NedoftheHill 9:35pm · 8/11/19
        
        Well that sure shows reasonableness. I take it they are against bazookas and BAR’s also? Frank L 9:52pm · 8/11/19
        
        Yes, they do oppose machine guns. As I said, they are far more limiting than Switzerland.NT NedoftheHill 9:54pm · 8/11/19
        
        Very reasonable folks. Frank L 9:59pm · 8/11/19
        
        The NRA. On some things I do. On their reasonableness, I don’t.NT Frank L 12:43am · 8/12/19
        
        Responds to Ned below.NT Frank L 12:44am · 8/12/19
        
        Does it hurt you to know that you agree with them?NT NedoftheHill 10:45pm · 8/11/19

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