Yup. You found it.
They are a left wing group with a matching agenda.
They are generally Left-wing, but not radical, or deeply ideological.
The claim that they are interested in protecting the free speech of anyone is asinine and absurd.
No, it isn't.
They only care about protecting the free speech of those on the left.
No, they don't. For example, the famous National Socialist Party of America v. Skokie, Illionois case. You can't get any more right wing than that. They also argued in Rush Limbaugh's defense in '04.
Meanwhile, they work for abortion, anti-Patriot Act, eliminating capital punishment, closing Guantanamo Bay, protecting terrorists, illegal aliens, and promoting the rights of women, illegal aliens, LGBT folks and the racially disadvantaged.
Those are Constitutional issues. The stated purpose of the ACLU is to defend Constitutional rights. Fortunately, or, perhaps, in your case, un fortunately, gays, women, blacks, and latinos do have constitutional rights. (Incidentally, so do you.) It sounds like your problem is with the Constitution, (Or the Supreme Court.) not the ACLU.
Out of curiosity, what exactly does 'racially disadvantaged' mean, pray tell?
The ACLU are a bunch of partisan hacks
Unlike the Christan Coalition, or FOX news?
and your allegiance to them displays your own hypocrisy.
There has been no hypocrisy on my part.
Incidentally, while I support it in spirit, and sign the occasional petition, I am not a member, contributor, or in any other way affiliated with the ACLU. I just happen to take civil rights, especially free speech, very seriously.
In fact, they feed off and promulgate that very same victimology your Noam Chomsky quote talks against.
There's absolutely no connection. Although, I highly recommend his work, and encourage you to read more of it.
They are in the same classification as ACORN.
There's really no connection. It's moot, now, but, incidentally, the charges against ACORN were almost entirely baseless.
They and their supporters are utterly pathetic.
That's your opinion. Thanks to the Constitution, the Supreme Court, etc., you are free to express it, regardless of it's legitimacy. If this right is ever violated, you can ask the ACLU to file a motion on your behalf.