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I guess I want to know why are you concerned
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Mighty Ira

I guess I want to knowwhy are you concerned, what... what is the...what is the ACLU...

I guess I want to know
why are you concerned, what... what is the...
what is the ACLU concerned
will happen?

Full Transcript

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I guess I want to know why are you concerned,
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what... what is the... what is the ACLU concerned will happen?
Duration
8 seconds
Views
25
Timestamp in Movie
00:51:31
Uploaded
May 26, 2025
Genres
documentary
Production
N/A

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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.
What we're concerned about is that what is... what is sauce for the goose today - Mighty Ira 00:08
What we're concerned about is that what is... what is s...
What we will do to one group that we hate today, can be... be done so easily tomorrow - Mighty Ira 00:07
What we will do to one group that we hate today, can be... b...
Well, look at the difficulty the Martin Luther King Jr. movement had going - Mighty Ira 00:11
Well, look at the difficulty the Martin Luther King Jr. move...
Look at the problems that the anti-war movement had in the '60s, - Mighty Ira 00:07
Look at the problems that the anti-war movement had in the &...
It just doesn't make sense to cut these people off - Mighty Ira 00:07
It just doesn't make sense to cut these people off
Because what he did was he packed the audience with people from Skokie without telling me. - Mighty Ira 00:06
Because what he did was he packed the audience with people f...
I don't believe that, uh... my position is not that anyone should hide. - Mighty Ira 00:06
I don't believe that, uh... my position is not that any...
My position... my position is that there are many peaceable, very effective ways - Mighty Ira 00:17
My position... my position is that there are many peaceable,...
But these ideas, I saw this and I can show you my number on my arm. - Mighty Ira 00:05
But these ideas, I saw this and I can show you my number on ...
-I have been through this. -We see this? Please, can you help me? - Mighty Ira 00:04
-I have been through this. -We see this? Please, can you hel...
[man 17] This mean I've been through Auschwitz, Buchenwald, in a dozen other camps - Mighty Ira 00:10
[man 17] This mean I've been through Auschwitz, Buchenw...
We never had any doubt that we would prevail legally. - Mighty Ira 00:05
We never had any doubt that we would prevail legally.
Legally, the Skokie case did not represent a noteworthy precedent. - Mighty Ira 00:06
Legally, the Skokie case did not represent a noteworthy prec...
Politically and socially and in terms of public opinion, it did. - Mighty Ira 00:05
Politically and socially and in terms of public opinion, it ...
[dramatic music playing] - Mighty Ira 00:11
[dramatic music playing]
Their answer was, "This is what we did when the Nazis came in Germany. - Mighty Ira 00:05
Their answer was, "This is what we did when the Nazis c...
We pulled down our shades because we thought they would go away and they didn't. - Mighty Ira 00:04
We pulled down our shades because we thought they would go a...
We're not going to make the same mistake again." - Mighty Ira 00:05
We're not going to make the same mistake again."
Nobody after Auschwitz is going to carry signs reading "Gas Jews" anywhere, - Mighty Ira 00:10
Nobody after Auschwitz is going to carry signs reading "...
[crowd protesting] - Mighty Ira 00:06
[crowd protesting]