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Here are a couple of reference documents [1][2] tl;dr : the ACLU used to be a free speech absolutist organization to the point of self-sabotage. (eg: Jewish AC
by screye 4y ago
Here are a couple of reference documents [1][2]
tl;dr : the ACLU used to be a free speech absolutist organization to the point of self-sabotage. (eg: Jewish ACLU lawyers defending Neo-Nazis). In that sense, it went from a libertarian organization to a progressive activist organization that now supports cases that suppress civil liberties as long as the cause supports their (faux activist?) progressive agenda.
[1]https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/05/aclu-johnny-depp-amber-heard-trial/629808/ https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/05/aclu-johnn...
[2]https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/06/us/aclu-free-speech.html https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/06/us/aclu-free-speech.html
- justin66 4y agoThe ACLU was never a "libertarian organization." It is an accident of language that in modern American politics "libertarians" and "civil libertarians" sound more similar than they actually are.
- cameldrv 4y agoIt's only self sabotage if you define self narrowly. They chose that case because it so strongly demonstrated the true principle they were defending. From a practical standpoint, the Nazi group they were defending didn't amount to anything, and they never even held their march after going to all the work of taking the case to the Supreme Court.
- pfannkuchen 4y agoI assume you aren’t suggesting it was astroturfed? I have never heard that claimed.
- cameldrv 4y agoNot at all. It was just a strategic choice. It’s hard to say what they would have done had it been something like the actual Nazi party though with thousands of brownshirts etc.