Battle Inside the ACLU: Should Progressive Causes Trump Free Speech Rights?

This new attitude is causing considerable anguish among traditional free speech liberals.

Jun 21, 2021

I was a liberal once upon a time and supported the American Civil Liberties Union when it defended Nazis and the Ku Klux Klan. A lot of liberals understood that even vile members of our society have First Amendment rights. And if you deprive them of their rights, no one is safe.

Skokie, Illinois was a big test for liberals. In the late 1970s, neo-Nazi…

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