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Re:Once a bastion of free speech, the ACLU faces an identity... by tzs on Sunday June 06, 2021 @08:14PM (#27417590)
> On the other hand, those who approach civil liberties as a matter of principle face no such dilemma.

...until they remember that there are that there is more than one civil liberty, and more than one person who has civil liberties, and that sometimes one person exercising a particular civil liberty can prevent or conflict with another person exercising a different civil liberty.

Once you are dealing with a society bigger and more complicated than Gilligan's Island, you cannot escape these dilemmas.

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Re:Once a bastion of free speech, the ACLU faces an identity... by calcifer on Sunday June 06, 2021 @08:49PM (#27417819)
I don't see why that would be a dilemma for the civil-liberties-as-a-principle group. One can support the legal rights of both parties with opposing views. For example historically, the ACLU has defended both the NRA and the victims of policies that were funded by the NRA.
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