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Compare and contrast the ACLU in 2017 [0] and the ACLU in 1977 [1]. [0] - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/charlottesville-violence-prompts-aclu-change-poli
by pseudo0 6y ago
Compare and contrast the ACLU in 2017 [0] and the ACLU in 1977 [1].
[0] - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/charlottesville-violence-prompts-aclu-change-policy-hate-groups-protesting-guns https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/charlottesville-violence...
[1] - https://www.aclu.org/issues/free-speech/rights-protesters/skokie-case-how-i-came-represent-free-speech-rights-nazis https://www.aclu.org/issues/free-speech/rights-protesters/sk...
- jonny_eh 6y agoThose who seek to remove free speech (aka Nazis) don't deserve to be defended. It was a mistake for the ACLU to ever defend them.
- syshum 6y agoThose who do not defend the principle of free speech, even the speech of those who would not honor it themselves, will be shocked when the censor comes for them... Your position that only "acceptable" speech should be defended shows you have no respect for free speech at all