The ACLU was forced to issue an apology for tweeting a photo of a baby holding a US flag with the caption “This is the future that ACLU members want,” after an army of basement dwelling leftists lost their shit because the baby was Caucasian.
The point of the image was that the child was wearing an ACLU onesie emblazoned with the words “Free Speech,” as well as holding the Stars and Stripes.
This is the future that ACLU members want. pic.twitter.com/bAIwuheEco
— ACLU National (@ACLU) August 23, 2017
However, the only thing that mattered to the hysterical leftist twitterati was the color of the child’s skin.
A White kid with a flag?!
— Nyasha Junior (@NyashaJunior) August 23, 2017
I"d rather have this future. pic.twitter.com/LeLIgfvEJG
— Michael (@OmanReagan) August 23, 2017
Many even suggested it was an endorsement of white supremacy:
I actually thought someone retweeted a "white genocide" account onto my timeline. https://t.co/X6SGsxwjPh
— joe prince (@joeprince___) August 23, 2017
The reason there"s an issue with this tweet is (CONTEXT), the ACLU has recently been criticized for supporting white supremacists.
— Sabrina Adaba (@sabby_adabby) August 24, 2017
What? All blond folk! I don"t get this silly post. The future ACLU wants is a little blond kid???
— SavageFem (@SavageNancy) August 23, 2017
Now I see why you worked so hard for the neo Nazis in Charlottesville
— Kokoa (@kokoa96) August 23, 2017
And from there the next logical step was LITERALLY HITLER:
This is the future the @ACLU wants. pic.twitter.com/Fo0Ux3LEOO
— #BlackAugust (@BlackAutonomist) August 23, 2017
Believe it or not though, the ACLU actually took the accusations seriously, issuing this follow up apology tweet, declaring that ‘white supremacy is everywhere’:
When your Twitter followers keep you in check and remind you that white supremacy is everywhere. pic.twitter.com/Qx5D5hbKWy
— ACLU National (@ACLU) August 23, 2017
The hysteria, as well as the ACLU’s pandering to the hysteria, prompted widespread backlash.
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