What the HELL is the ACLU?

You know, I used to think that the ACLU was just bipolar.

But I think I finally figured it out-

As bizarre and oxymoron-ish as it sounds, they’re Liberal Libertarians.

Yup. That pretty much sums it up. I think. Kinda.

Hrm...

“Use the government to get the government out of people’s hair. Make everything (except religion... OK, everything but Judeo-Christian religions...) legal and let the free markets sort it out. Unless classical/neo-/moderate conservatives are [insert thing the case is about here]. In which case, screw them. Screw them with a vengeance.”

...

OK, so maybe they’re still a LITTLE nutty.

 

BUT; the original point behind this was,

I agree with Instapundit- The ACLU, while they may seem and act like black hearted, satan- worshipping, evil sons of bitches, aren’t ALL bad. They do some good work every once in a while. I mean, kinda like... hrm. World destroying comets? Yeah, they kill billions of billions of billions, but hey, they bring in the building blocks of life and/or make it so that lower-end (but ultimately higher-promise) creatures have a chance. Yeah. That’s it.