Amid defensive bluster, rightwingers remove address of Jewish family
After The Daily Kos and Unclaimed Territory jumped all over them, Stop the ACLU Coalition removed from its website the address of a Jewish family in the Indian River School District in Delaware.
The family was one of the plaintiffs in a suit against the school district, alleging the schools there were pushing a Christian agenda in violation of the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause. The family has since moved, but there is some debate whether they moved before or after the website published their address and phone.
The leftwing blogosphere condemned the STACLU tactic as a fascist tactic reminiscent of white supremacist groups targeting their enemies or presumed enemies.
STACLU, with its typical anti-left bluster, has since pulled the offensive post, saying it was on the advice of its attorneys. Like a schoolyard bully, it throws taunts at the left as it leaves the playground after being thrashed in a fight.
Regardless of its reasons, the whole affair demonstrates not only the power of the “pen,” but the self-correcting nature of the internet. STACLU went too far. Wiser minds prevailed.
