Some alt weekly I’ve never heard of says of me:

SayUncle was outraged by the ACLU’s insufficient enthusiasm for the decision, and suggested that commenters “play spot the hysteria,” though a few apparently thought “spot” meant “create” (“The American Communist Litigation Unit,” “Is this any different than the rest of the Marxists,” etc).

This popular column (they tell me it’s popular in the article anyway, though it has thus far yielded zero hits) rounds up right wing blogs.

Now, I’ve read my post and, well, quite frankly can’t find the outrage. I mean, after all, I expected the ACLU to be shills. It’s what they do. In the past, the ACLU has largely been indifferent on the second amendment. This bit shows them as, well, openly hostile. And, of course, they get the facts wrong when they note things like:

the Court has described the Second Amendment as designed to protect the ability of the states to preserve their own sovereignty against a new and potentially overreaching national government.

A lie. Name one case.

the Court has historically construed the Second Amendment as a collective right

Ditto.

the Court reinterpreted the Second Amendment as a source of individual rights

Err, no.

It is too early to know how much of a constitutional straitjacket the new rule will create.

And some hysteria to boot.

If you’re going to criticize me, do so. If you’re going to criticize me then quote some of my commenters, that’s just stupid. And I still haven’t found my alleged outrage.

Posted in uncategorized on July 1st, 2008 by SayUncle | RSS 2.0 |