Once a bastion of free speech, the ACLU faces an identity crisis

Re:Once a bastion of free speech, the ACLU faces an identity... by CamperBob2 on Monday June 07, 2021 @12:49AM (#27419094)

Would that have been equally true in late-1930s Germany (or Russia, for that matter)?

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Re:Once a bastion of free speech, the ACLU faces an identity... by smsm42 on Monday June 07, 2021 @12:55AM (#27419123)

Call me from late 1930s Germany and we'll discuss it.

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Re:Once a bastion of free speech, the ACLU faces an identity... by dredmorbius on Monday June 07, 2021 @04:48AM (#27420418)

Take it as presumed that a questioner has a direct link to the side of the state or the opposition, or both, of 1930s Germany, and answer the question rather than dodge it.

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Re:Once a bastion of free speech, the ACLU faces an identity... by GoblinSlayer on Monday June 07, 2021 @06:32AM (#27420969)

It's not 1930s Germany, throwing a firebomb at the cop car out of hysteria is not justified.

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Re:Once a bastion of free speech, the ACLU faces an identity... by dredmorbius on Monday June 07, 2021 @01:43PM (#27425564)

It somewhat weakens an absolute assertion "X is not justified" when a response 1) lists numerous current or recent instances in which X is argued as justified by a substantial groiup, and the further response 2) boils down to "now is not one of those times in which X is justified".

A chief weapon of both tyrant and bully is to deny their victims and targets the right to self-defence.

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