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Re:Has the US become the type of nation from which you have ... by skaevola on Monday June 10, 2013 @11:35AM (#5855088)
I don't think this is true. There are many on the right who detest the ACLU as liberals trying to undermine the country.
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Re:Has the US become the type of nation from which you have ... by mindcrime on Monday June 10, 2013 @12:03PM (#5855282)
No doubt. That reminds me of the old joke "If you get stuff in the mail from the ACLU and the NRA, you're probably a libertarian".

As somebody who is an NRA member and who has donated to the ACLU, that rings true to me. :-)

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Re:Has the US become the type of nation from which you have ... by DamnYuppie on Monday June 10, 2013 @07:28PM (#5858301)
Many as in raw # or as in percentage? To be honest I haven't met many of those, all the ones I know are more libertarians then conservatives so they don't take strong issue with the ACLU or EFF.
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Re:Has the US become the type of nation from which you have ... by skaevola on Thursday June 13, 2013 @01:33AM (#5872491)
I just did some searching to try to find what percentage of the Republican Party identifies as libertarian as opposed to conservative, and I didn't have much luck. But, considering the party's platforms on gay marriage and immigration, I think the percentage of libertarians is small.
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