Wednesday, May 6, 2009

If you read only one article about ACLU internal politics today...

...make it this one. It's really interesting. As for me: I've been a proud member since 2005, which just about coincides with the time that I realized the urgent need for the ACLU. Rightist demonization aside, they generally do fine work defending everyone from terror suspects in legal limbo to Fred "God hates fags, dead veterans!" Phelps.
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The Man, The Myth, The Bio

East Bay, California, United States
Problem: I have lots of opinions on politics and culture that I need to vent. If I do not do this I will wind up muttering to myself, and that's only like one or two steps away from being a hobo. Solution: I write two blogs. A political blog that has some evident sympathies (pro-Obama, mostly liberal though I dissent on some issues, like guns and trade) and a culture blog that does, well, cultural essays in a more long-form manner. My particular thing is taking overrated things (movies, mostly, but other things too) down a peg and putting underrated things up a peg. I'm sort of the court of last resort, and I tend to focus on more obscure cultural phenomena.