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

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

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

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Jun 21, 2021
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Battle Inside the ACLU: Should Progressive Causes Trump Free Speech Rights?
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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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