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ACLU has already been taken by the new American leftist orthodoxy. Turning the tide will require new thinking.
by ogwh 5y ago
ACLU has already been taken by the new American leftist orthodoxy. Turning the tide will require new thinking.
- kibwen 5y agoIf you're trying to argue that the ACLU is espousing authoritarian causes, I'll have to ask for a citation.
- _-david-_ 5y agoHere is a good thread about the ACLU losing their way https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27414920 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27414920
- busymom0 5y agoI shared multiple examples in this comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28451769 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28451769
- cheesetable 5y agoA recent example: https://greenwald.substack.com/p/the-aclu-prior-to-covid-denounced https://greenwald.substack.com/p/the-aclu-prior-to-covid-den...
- 2OEH8eoCRo0 5y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacobson_v._Massachusetts https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacobson_v._Massachusetts > Jacobson v. Massachusetts, 197 U.S. 11 (1905), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court upheld the authority of states to enforce compulsory vaccination laws. The Court's decision articulated the view that individual liberty is not absolute and is subject to the police power of the state. > "[r]eal liberty for all could not exist under the operation of a principle which recognizes the right of each individual person to use his own [liberty], whether in respect of his person or his property, regardless of the injury that may be done to others."
- umanwizard 5y agoWhat is your point?
- cheesetable 5y agoThe comment I replied to was asking for a citation on ACLU expousing authoritarian causes, which I did. I fail to see how a US Supreme Court ruling is relevant to this.
- 2OEH8eoCRo0 5y agoI disagree that it's authoritarian and the US Supreme Court does as well.