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Bobbieo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-17-10 08:15 PM
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ACLU Has Done It Again And it has made me a liar! Anyone else have a problem with them?

I told the guy who called for a donation for ACLU that I would send a check for $20 if he would tell those stupid people at ACLU to remove that stupid petition form they send out with black type on a dark gray background. I can’t read the damn thing – neither can my son or DIL.

I got their donation letter the other day and was waiting until they sent out the next petition before I mailed in the check. I got it today from A. Romero concerning my former Arizona Gov. Janet Napoltano and racial profiling and the petition is done, again, in black type on a dark gray background.

I am going to write Romero and tell him he can take his petitions and shove them until they change formatting and send out something readable in black type on a white background like everyone else does. Until then, no donation from me!

I find it absolutely juvenile and irresponsible that Romero would allow those petitions to be e-mailed on the important issues that ACLU represents.
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Forkboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-17-10 08:20 PM
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1. They've done too much good in my eyes.
Edited on Wed Feb-17-10 08:20 PM by Forkboy
As a long time lyric reader from bands who think totally dark on damn near dark is cool I can sympathize though.
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Bobbieo Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-17-10 08:37 PM
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5. This is not cool unless they are trying to reach teeny boppers
and at 86 I'm sure not one of them!!! How many people are being turned off by this? This is so stupid when we need all the support we can garner.
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Forkboy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-17-10 09:04 PM
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6. Does their font and background choice erase decades of good?
Edited on Wed Feb-17-10 09:05 PM by Forkboy
Yeah, it sucks, and I hope they take your complaint to heart (it IS a sucky color combo), but the amount of people being turned off is probably pretty small. And either way it's not so bad that's worth not supporting them over it in light of all the good they've done. I mean, really.

Like I said, I sympathize, but not THAT much. :shrug:
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Great Bear Donating Member (17 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-17-10 08:23 PM
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2. I've had a problem with them for many years
and they only confirmed my feelings with their recent friend of the court, amicus brief, supporting the recent Supreme Court decision regarding corporate campaign contributions.
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FiveGoodMen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-17-10 08:26 PM
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3. That was a shocker!
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Fumesucker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Feb-17-10 08:27 PM
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4. Welcome to DU..
No person or organization is perfect, you have to take the bad with the good.

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scottban Donating Member (11 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Feb-22-10 02:01 PM
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7. ACLU lets courthouse banishment stand
When asked for assistance, the ACLU didn't give a *&^% about the below issue of courthouse secrecy and courthouse banishment.

Police State video,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHCBmpfr0t4
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NorthCarolinaLiberty Donating Member (35 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Aug-29-10 09:04 PM
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8. Bad Marketing
I am often surprised by the bad contrast when people are writing correspondence.
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