I think that groups who complain about stuff like this aren't truly happy unless they have something to complain about. They sit around wringing their hands, ever-watchful for something they can spin into a reason to be offended. The sort of people who thought the Taco Bell chihuahua was a racist conspiracy worthy of a federal tribunal or that Sesame Street has a liberal agenda.
There's a word for these kinds of people... IDIOTS.
In the case of the ACLU, they've gone on for so long without a legitimate case of someone's civil liberties being violated that they are forced to fabricate complex tapestries out of a few flimsy threads or else face the terrible realization that they have outlived their usefulness.
In short, what was a once a proud, noble organization championing the causes of the downtrodden has become of ridiculous cabal of passive-aggressive twats with too much power, money and influence who think that whining behind a clingfilm-thin veneer of legal mumbo jumbo makes them champions of progress. Worse still, there's no one with a big enough set of balls to give them the collective smack upside the head they so richly deserve and, as a result of which, they would be better people. I would love for some Supreme Court Justice, (preferably an ethnic minority, in order to dispel the otherwise inevitable cries of "RACISM!"), would cut one of those blathering fools off mid-sentence, throw tact out the window, and with the collective backing of the American People; black, white, christian, pagan, gay, straight and what-have-you, tell them to kindly "SHUT THE FUCK UP!"
I feel the same way about these people as I do about scientists who could be working on curing cancer, but try to grow square watermelons. I mean, that's cool and all, but isn't there a better and more pressing way to serve the public good?
