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What is the line between "enabling" and "not stopping"? When the ACLU spends money defending the KKK's first amendment rights in court, are they enabling the K
by Crito 12y ago
What is the line between "enabling" and "not stopping"?
When the ACLU spends money defending the KKK's first amendment rights in court, are they enabling the KKK, or merely not stopping them?
- vertex-four 12y agoCertainly enabling them. On the other hand, preventing the Government from disallowing them from free speech might be worth that. That's a different thing from giving them a platform to talk on, though. From a natural rights viewpoint, the KKK should be allowed to say whatever they want, but nobody has to give them a platform to talk on.
- wpietri 12y agoI think there's a big difference between defending a principle, which is what the ACLU does, and active support of awfulness. The ACLU is just making sure the government won't stop the KKK from printing leaflets if they want to. The ACLU definitely isn't printing and distributing anything the KKK asks.
- Crito 12y agoI more or less agree. I often ask this particular question because I find that many people disagree with us, or have not given the matter any serious thought.