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friendly_iconoclast

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Sat Aug-02-08 01:04 AM
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144. Guess what? Civil rights aren't just for "our sort of people"

Edited on Sat Aug-02-08 01:04 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.

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