ACLU Film Canceled
The ACLU is now in the movie business?
From The Montana standard:
The Montana State Library has canceled a showing of a movie critical of the U.S. Patriot Act after people complained about the American Civil Liberties Union being involved.
The State Library said it originally thought the film, ‘‘The ACLU Freedom Files,’’ would be a good pick for its monthly seminar series because parts of the Patriot Act affects libraries.
But the library decided Tuesday the presentation might be one-sided in its criticism of the Patriot Act and canceled a viewing scheduled for Friday.
A State Library spokeswoman said complaints came from residents and state employees who didn’t like the idea of the ACLU getting a forum.
‘‘They weren’t really protesting the video; they were protesting the ACLU being at a state agency,’’ said Sara J. Groves. ‘‘That was the majority of the complaints.’’
The library considered finding someone to counter the ACLU’s position on the Patriot Act but couldn’t on short notice. They might try such an event at a later date, Groves said.
‘‘It’s very possible we will do something that will present all sides of this issue,’’ she said.
The ACLU of Montana, which was scheduled to moderate Friday’s forum, said it was disappointed in the State Library’s decision.
Nah, the ACLU doesn’t have a political agenda. They take out full page political ads and now they’ve made a movie…
Good for my State’s Library System for canceling the film! We have to keep this kind of crap out of our libraries; that includes Michael Moore’s propaganda.
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Wow. A library afraid of a movie.
No, it wasn’t afraid of the movie, it wanted a balanced presentation of the issue. Having the movie created by the ACLU, moderated by the ACLU, without a balancing opinion would be wrong.
They clearly said they are considering doing it in the future if they can provide a balancing argument.
Let me guess, George Clooney would be the star.
“Having the movie created by the ACLU, moderated by the ACLU, without a balancing opinion would be wrong.”
All their books on WWII are balanced by other books.