Originally Posted by Kestrel
I guess I don't really understand what your issue with the ACLU is. Yes, choices our society makes are often based on the rule of the majority; however, that is not what the ACLU deals with. The ACLU deals with rights that each individual is allotted as stated in the Bill of Rights, which are there regardless of what the majority chooses, and the ACLU only comes into play when laws as chosen by the majority infringe on these rights. I don't think this is such a bad thing.
My point is that just because we have the rights as individuals does not mean we have the right to them all the time. As in my "fire" example I have the right to free speach but cannot use it to the detriment of other people. Same thing if I go on a subway. I have the right not to be searched as an individual but when getting on public transportation there are times I need to be for the good of the public.
I feel there are times that the individual rights get superceded by the collective rights of the masses, the ACLU obviously seems that the individual supercedes the masses. That is my issue with the ACLU.