Gun rights group goes to court to stop buyback program

[friendly_iconoclast]

15. Not a bit - some folks believe civil rights should be reserved for "their sort of people"

And as we can see, not all of them are professed Republicans...

Looks like I need to haul out this blast from the past.

From 2012, yet still relevant

Seems I need to remind people of this on a regular basis:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=118&topic_id=181522#182329


friendly_iconoclast (1000+ posts) Sat Aug-02-08 02:04 AM
Response to Reply #129

You *are* aware that there's no "niceness clause" in the Constitution? At least, I hope you are...

144.Guess what? Civil rights aren't just for "our sort of people"

Edited on Sat Aug-02-08 02:04 AM by friendly_iconoclast

There is a very long history in American jurisprudence of people defending the civil rights of
people they wouldn't have over for dinner. Or who wouldn't have *them* over for dinner.

From John Adams (accused British soldiers in the Boston Massacre), to
the ACLU (Illinois Nazis vs. the city of Skokie), to Sabin Willett (prisoners at Guantanamo).

I wouldn't defend Razzano as a person. I would, however, defend his rights no matter how odious his ideologies.

See: Goose and gander, sauce for.