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I feel that the ACLU should spend more time and energy
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Mighty Ira

I feel that the ACLU shouldspend more time and energy protecting the civilizedrather than...

I feel that the ACLU should
spend more time and energy protecting the civilized
rather than the uncivilized and that things have turned
upside down
because of people like you

Full Transcript

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I feel that the ACLU should spend more time and energy
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protecting the civilized rather than the uncivilized
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and that things have turned upside down because of people like you.
Duration
13 seconds
Views
18
Timestamp in Movie
01:13:48
Uploaded
May 26, 2025
Genres
documentary
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Movie Summary

Ira is one of America's unsung champions of civil rights and liberties. As his generation retires from the barricades, Ira reminisces on his life at the forefront of defending the rights of all Americans.
They accused the ACLU of racism because the ACLU was defending free speech. - Mighty Ira 00:06
They accused the ACLU of racism because the ACLU was defendi...
Turned out that the members were very persuadable - Mighty Ira 00:12
Turned out that the members were very persuadable
By the 1980s, the Skokie case enabled us to understand, explain, - Mighty Ira 00:14
By the 1980s, the Skokie case enabled us to understand, expl...
This is a quote from Michael Dukakis, - Mighty Ira 00:09
This is a quote from Michael Dukakis,
[applause] - Mighty Ira 00:05
[applause]
This is the little piece of paper that - Mighty Ira 00:05
This is the little piece of paper that
The ACLU functioned in a period of... of great upswing - Mighty Ira 00:08
The ACLU functioned in a period of... of great upswing
Anyone in power is going to violate civil liberties sooner or later, - Mighty Ira 00:11
Anyone in power is going to violate civil liberties sooner o...
So, it was a period of enormous growth infrastructurally for the ACLU - Mighty Ira 00:12
So, it was a period of enormous growth infrastructurally for...
What you are talking about is when a policeman who has violated the Fourth Amendment - Mighty Ira 00:13
What you are talking about is when a policeman who has viola...
And what that will do is encourage the police to do what they already do, - Mighty Ira 00:08
And what that will do is encourage the police to do what the...
That is not our system and your proposal changes our system. - Mighty Ira 00:04
That is not our system and your proposal changes our system.
Let me go to Mr. Giuliani. Mr. Glasser says it would violate the basic premise - Mighty Ira 00:08
Let me go to Mr. Giuliani. Mr. Glasser says it would violate...
I've gotten the general impression that Mr. Glasser - Mighty Ira 00:05
I've gotten the general impression that Mr. Glasser
Uh, I think maybe it's the perspective that he... that he comes from. - Mighty Ira 00:04
Uh, I think maybe it's the perspective that he... that ...
What counts in these struggles, - Mighty Ira 00:09
What counts in these struggles,
What counts is how much resistance we offer and what we do in response. - Mighty Ira 00:06
What counts is how much resistance we offer and what we do i...
The tide of liberty and individual rights, and equal justice is clearly with us, - Mighty Ira 00:11
The tide of liberty and individual rights, and equal justice...
[man 26] The chaos in Charlottesville had been building for months. - Mighty Ira 00:04
[man 26] The chaos in Charlottesville had been building for ...
Since the city voted in April to remove the Robert E. Lee statue, - Mighty Ira 00:09
Since the city voted in April to remove the Robert E. Lee...