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The ACLU has vigorously defended the KKK on civil rights grounds, which is admirable. If nobody defends the KKK, the steamroller of censorship and oppression w
by 0xy 5y ago
The ACLU has vigorously defended the KKK on civil rights grounds, which is admirable.
If nobody defends the KKK, the steamroller of censorship and oppression will continue until it reaches something you care about.
- jmeister 5y agoEvergreen Mencken quote: “The trouble with fighting for human freedom is that one spends most of one’s time defending scoundrels. For it is against scoundrels that oppressive laws are first aimed, and oppression must be stopped at the beginning if it is to be stopped at all.”
- db65edfc7996 5y agoI am also fond of Larry Flynt, "If the First Amendment will protect a scumbag like me, it will protect all of you."