They purged founding member and free speech fighter; Elizabeth Gurley Flynn, the IWW Rebel Girl, from the ACLU Board in the Forties for being a communist.
Today they demand their board take an oath of silence. ACLU May Block Criticism by Its Board
Typical liberals.
Once I was young and impulsive
I wore every conceivable pin
Even went to the socialist meetings
Learned all the old union hymns
But I've grown older and wiser
And that's why I'm turning you in
So love me, love me, love me, I'm a liberal
Love Me I'mA Liberal, by Phil Ochs
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