ACLU Apologizes For Tweeting Photo Of White Baby With U.S. Flag

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The American Civil Liberties Union is doing damage control after Twitter leftists denounced the group for sharing a picture of a white baby holding an American flag.

In a tweet sent Wednesday afternoon, the ACLU captioned a photo of a Caucasian, blonde-haired child wearing a free speech onesie and waving a flag, “This is the future that ACLU members want.”

This is the future that ACLU members want. pic.twitter.com/bAIwuheEco

 

— ACLU National (@ACLU) August 23, 2017

 

Leftists were furious over the post because they believed it endorsed white supremacy.

 

http://dailycaller.com/2017/08/23/aclu-apologizes-for-tweeting-photo-of-white-baby-with-u-s-flag/

 

I can understand, being white is pretty racist.

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1 minute ago, IAMX said:

http://dailycaller.com/2017/08/23/aclu-apologizes-for-tweeting-photo-of-white-baby-with-u-s-flag/

 

I can understand, being white is pretty racist.

They should apologize for their apology.

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Just now, eieio said:

They should apologize for their apology.

You should apologize for insinuating they should apologize for their apology. Sounds racist.

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Just now, IAMX said:

You should apologize for insinuating they should apologize for their apology. Sounds racist.

Isn't the flag a symbol of racism? Maybe that's why antifa flies communist/nazi flags and burns the US flag?

 

 

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16 minutes ago, eieio said:

Isn't the flag a symbol of racism? Maybe that's why antifa flies communist/nazi flags and burns the US flag?

 

 

I'm actually glad you brought that up..

 

 

 

 

Antifa's flag and motto are nearly exactly like the Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands (KPD), notorious communists and, like Hitler, very antisemitic. They fled to be under Stalin's reign when the other extremists (Nazis) took over.

Edited August 24, 2017 by IAMX

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Shortly after the original message, the ACLU clarified its stance–admitting that blowback was justified and served as a reminder that “white supremacy is everywhere.”

 

When your Twitter followers keep you in check and remind you that white supremacy is everywhere. pic.twitter.com/Qx5D5hbKWy

— ACLU National (@ACLU) August 23, 2017

 

http://www.breitbart.com/texas/2017/08/23/aclu-apologizes-white-supremacy-tweeting-pic-toddler-holding-u-s-flag/

 

The stupid just keeps ratcheting up.

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2 hours ago, IAMX said:

http://dailycaller.com/2017/08/23/aclu-apologizes-for-tweeting-photo-of-white-baby-with-u-s-flag/

 

I can understand, being white is pretty racist.

This is what the far left does not understand about the current topic of race.

 

Neo-Nazis, the KKK, white supremacists groups etc. exist on the far fringes of the far right. They regularly receive swift, public condemnation from virtually every GOP politician. Even Trump's "support" for these groups was mostly an unhinged tirade of "they're disgusting", mixed in with a highly inappropriate "some good people on both sides." Trump's response was amateurish and weak, you can never condemn the KKK too much, but it was a condemnation nonetheless. Not a perfect analogy, but I cannot picture for one second that someone, even in Trump's circles, would ever apologize for tweeting a picture of a black 3-year-old because it triggered some racist nutjob somewhere.

 

What much of the left doesn't seem to understand is that their own talk about race has probably done more damage to race relations than some right-wing fringe group could ever do. Race mongers complaining about the skin color of a 3-year-old in an ACLU shirt used to exist on the fringes of the far left, ignored to death by the mainstream DNC. They are no longer the fringes. This lunatic may not represent a majority of ACLU members, but the fact that she actually received an apology from the ACLU is the type of divisive attitude that got Trump elected president in the first place. Essentially, what the ACLU said was "we understand how a white child can be offensive." What the ACLU's response should have been was "we're not sorry for a 3-year-old's skin color." Period.

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5 minutes ago, JayJayH said:

This is what the far left does not understand about the current topic of race.

 

Neo-Nazis, the KKK, white supremacists groups etc. exist on the far fringes of the far right. They regularly receive swift, public condemnation from virtually every GOP politician. Even Trump's "support" for these groups was mostly an unhinged tirade of "they're disgusting", mixed in with a highly inappropriate "some good people on both sides." Trump's response was amateurish and weak, you can never condemn the KKK too much, but it was a condemnation nonetheless. Not a perfect analogy, but I cannot picture for one second that someone, even in Trump's circles, would ever apologize for tweeting a picture of a black 3-year-old because it triggered some racist nutjob somewhere.

 

What much of the left doesn't seem to understand is that their own talk about race has probably done more damage to race relations than some right-wing fringe group could ever do. Race mongers complaining about the skin color of a 3-year-old in an ACLU shirt used to exist on the fringes of the far left, ignored to death by the mainstream DNC. They are no longer the fringes. This lunatic may not represent a majority of ACLU members, but the fact that she actually received an apology from the ACLU is the type of divisive attitude that got Trump elected president in the first place. Essentially, what the ACLU said was "we understand how a white child can be offensive." What the ACLU's response should have been was "we're not sorry for a 3-year-old's skin color." Period.

Trump also pointed out last year that giving them attention isn't good, any publicity for them is bad publicity. To which the leftist MSM responded by giving them more attention and further race baiting + fanning flames.

 

Of course, that's logic speaking. We'll have none of that here.

 

I do like that you are aware of the major things that makes Trump appealing, and it isn't how amazing Trump is.. its a repudiation of the unhinged left. And despite the lefts marketing themselves as intellectuals, they're too caught up in throwing fits to even understand this. 

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I swear the ACLU would apologize and get mad at a picture of my 7 month old because she is pretty white for a White/Filipino mixed baby. They would swear she is white. But this is the status of the USA now because there are more mixing than ever before.

 

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18 minutes ago, IAMX said:

Trump also pointed out last year that giving them attention isn't good, any publicity for them is bad publicity. To which the leftist MSM responded by giving them more attention and further race baiting + fanning flames.

 

Of course, that's logic speaking. We'll have none of that here.

Honestly, the only way to end racism is for the mainstream to accept the following:

 

"Black people are bad" = Unacceptable. Period.

"Hispanics are bad" = Unacceptable. Period.

"Asians are bad" = Unacceptable. Period.

"White people are bad" = Unacceptable. Period.

 

The far right does not abide by these rules. White supremacist groups are more than willing to attack people for their skin color, and websites like the Daily Stormer have no problem making that known. That's why they should be condemned, should be ostracized and shamed, and that's why you should be called out as a terrible person if you belong to any of those groups or share their sympathies. If you want a racially pure utopia, then perhaps you should yell at your grandparents for immigrating to a melting pot and leave the rest of us alone.

 

Meanwhile, far leftist media publications have no problems running stories declaring  "The white guy problem", "I don't know what to do with good white people", "10 things white people need to stop doing", and this beauty from Salon - "White men must be stopped: The very future of the planet depends on it" etc. I have not seen a Democrat public official condemn attitudes like this. Anywhere. A common thread is that "white people are not marginalized" in America - And this may be true. But unless this type of prejudiced nonsense is condemned for the trash it is, folks on the left are making a damn good job of convincing white Americans that they are marginalized.

 

Far right = racist trash.

Far left = race baiting trash at best, racist trash at worst.

Edited August 24, 2017 by JayJayH

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The US flag used to be the banner of the KKK.  We should get rid of it, post haste.

 

2 hours ago, eieio said:

Isn't the flag a symbol of racism? Maybe that's why antifa flies communist/nazi flags and burns the US flag?

 

 

 

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12 minutes ago, JayJayH said:

Honestly, the only way to end racism is for the mainstream to accept the following:

 

"Black people are bad" = Unacceptable. Period.

"Hispanics are bad" = Unacceptable. Period.

"Asians are bad" = Unacceptable. Period.

"White people are bad" = Unacceptable. Period.

 

The far right does not abide by these rules. White supremacist groups are more than willing to attack people for their skin color, and websites like the Daily Stormer have no problem making that known. That's why they should be condemned, should be ostracized and shamed, and that's why you should be called out as a terrible person if you belong to any of those groups or share their sympathies.

 

Meanwhile, far leftist media publications have no problems running stories declaring "White men must be stopped", "Why white people are bad", "10 things white people need to stop doing" etc. I have not seen a Democrat public official condemn attitudes like this. Anywhere. A common thread is that "white people are not marginalized" in America - And this may be true. But unless this type of prejudiced nonsense is condemned for the trash it is, folks on the left are making a damn good job of convincing white Americans that they are marginalized.

 

Far right = racist trash.

Far left = race baiting trash at best, racist trash at worst.

You make a very good point. Condemning racism is a universal thing that the vast majority of all sides can help keep these supremacists in the fringes for, where they belong. OTOH, your observation is one that's exactly like mine..

 

For example.. on this very forum a decade ago I lambasted the Republicans/conservatives about their efforts in futility to ban gays from marrying. 

 

I pointed out, historically, we saw with women and blacks, if you take a group, pull them aside and treat them differently (generally, with disdain/inhumanity), they will then take that and use it as a personal identifying mechanism, which will down the road turn into "pride". If conservatives had any sense of historical perspective they'd never have involved government in banning gays to begin with. They set themselves up for what we have today regarding homosexuality in their faces.

 

Now, to this point.. we're now seeing whites marginalized, demonized, and so on, where the left, the crusaders of history, seemingly forgot history (what a surprise), and want to go down the same road. Their efforts of going after white people to the extent they are (far beyond reason, and to an extremely racist degree) are going to make white people more identify with being white, and use that as a form of pride. The demonization of whites also simultaneously gives these fringe elements a rallying cry. I thought the left were trying to beat back this viewed "resurrection" of white supremacy.. and their idea of doing this is by inciting more whites to join the cause?  What idiots.

 

You have all these worthless liberal arts post-secondary studies and they can't even see this coming and try to cull the idiots from backfiring on the cause people of yesteryear fought for? Whatever remains of the rational left needs to put some serious effort into stopping this marginalization, as it will undo many years of efforts for equality. The left clearly have no concept of what equality is.

8 minutes ago, IDWAF said:

The US flag used to be the banner of the KKK.  We should get rid of it, post haste.

 

 

You'd be surprised.. in the Bay Area people would often call people who flew American flags racist, whereas flying Mexican flags = pride. These are the people that try and market themselves as intellectuals. I wonder who they think they're convincing. 

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18 minutes ago, JayJayH said:

Honestly, the only way to end racism is for the mainstream to accept the following:

 

"Black people are bad" = Unacceptable. Period.

"Hispanics are bad" = Unacceptable. Period.

"Asians are bad" = Unacceptable. Period.

"White people are bad" = Unacceptable. Period.

 

The far right does not abide by these rules. White supremacist groups are more than willing to attack people for their skin color, and websites like the Daily Stormer have no problem making that known. That's why they should be condemned, should be ostracized and shamed, and that's why you should be called out as a terrible person if you belong to any of those groups or share their sympathies.

 

Meanwhile, far leftist media publications have no problems running stories declaring  "The white guy problem", "I don't know what to do with good white people", "10 things white people need to stop doing", and this beauty from Salon - "White men must be stopped: The very future of the planet depends on it" etc. I have not seen a Democrat public official condemn attitudes like this. Anywhere. A common thread is that "white people are not marginalized" in America - And this may be true. But unless this type of prejudiced nonsense is condemned for the trash it is, folks on the left are making a damn good job of convincing white Americans that they are marginalized.

 

Far right = racist trash.

Far left = race baiting trash at best, racist trash at worst.

Excellent post. 

 

I wish you would post in here more often. I may not always agree, but I like how rational you are.

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3 minutes ago, IAMX said:

You make a very good point. Condemning racism is a universal thing that the vast majority of all sides can help keep these supremacists in the fringes for, where they belong. OTOH, your observation is one that's exactly like mine..

 

For example.. on this very forum a decade ago I lambasted the Republicans/conservatives about their efforts in futility to ban gays from marrying. 

 

I pointed out, historically, we saw with women and blacks, if you take a group, pull them aside and treat them differently (generally, with disdain/inhumanity), they will then take that and use it as a personal identifying mechanism, which will down the road turn into "pride". If conservatives had any sense of historical perspective they'd never have involved government in banning gays to begin with. They set themselves up for what we have today regarding homosexuality in their faces.

 

Now, to this point.. we're now seeing whites marginalized, demonized, and so on, where the left, the crusaders of history, seemingly forgot history (what a surprise), and want to go down the same road. Their efforts of going after white people to the extent they are (far beyond reason, and to an extremely racist degree) are going to make white people more identify with being white, and use that as a form of pride. The demonization of whites also simultaneously gives these fringe elements a rallying cry. I thought the left were trying to beat back this viewed "resurrection" of white supremacy.. and their idea of doing this is by inciting more whites to join the cause?  What idiots.

 

You have all these worthless liberal arts post-secondary studies and they can't even see this coming and try to cull the idiots from backfiring on the cause people of yesteryear fought for? Whatever remains of the rational left needs to put some serious effort into stopping this marginalization, as it will undo many years of efforts for equality. The left clearly have no concept of what equality is.

Great point.

 

Whenever you deny someone equality based on factors they themselves cannot choose, you are empowering them in the long run. "Gay pride" exists as a direct result of oppression of gay people. It is legitimized by perceptions of current oppression of gay people. "Black pride" as a direct result of historic oppression of black Americans. Groups like BLM etc. are legitimized by perceptions of current oppression of black people. White nationalism and "white pride" is flourishing and is to many legitimized by perceptions of oppression of white people.

 

The far left race baiting machine are a bunch of useful idiots to the far right, just as how far right nutjobs are useful idiots to the far left.

This article nailed it: "How anti-white rhetoric is fueling white nationalism."

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3 minutes ago, JayJayH said:

Great point.

 

Whenever you deny someone equality based on factors they themselves cannot choose, you are empowering them in the long run. "Gay pride" exists as a direct result of oppression of gay people. It is legitimized by perceptions of current oppression of gay people. "Black pride" as a direct result of historic oppression of black Americans. Groups like BLM etc. are legitimized by perceptions of current oppression of black people. White nationalism and "white pride" is flourishing and is to many legitimized by perceptions of oppression of white people.

 

The far left race baiting machine are a bunch of useful idiots to the far right, just as how far right nutjobs are useful idiots to the far left.

This article nailed it: "How anti-white rhetoric is fueling white nationalism."

Totally bookmarked.

 

With all the partisan bickering and baiting its nice to legitimately see someone who gets it.