They defended free speech when free speech, as a whole, served to advance their political goals, even if specific instances of it didn't (e.g. KKK rallies). No

They defended free speech when free speech, as a whole, served to advance their political goals, even if specific instances of it didn't (e.g. KKK rallies). Now that their politics are the norm, the effects of free speech are less clear, and so is the ACLU's defense of it. When I am weaker than you, I ask you for freedom because that is according to your principles; when I am stronger than you, I take away your freedom because that is according to my principles. - Frank Herbert, Children of Dune