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Re:Stanford student may need to ‘acknowledge harm’ for readi... by superorganism on Thursday January 26, 2023 @03:06PM (#34537966)
Can you give a concrete example?
Re:Stanford student may need to ‘acknowledge harm’ for readi... by ctoth on Thursday January 26, 2023 @03:21PM (#34538195)
here[0] are[1] some[2] examples.

[0]: The ACLU Has Lost Its Way: https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/05/aclu-johnn...

[1]: Once a Bastion of Free Speech, the A.C.L.U. Faces an Identity Crisis: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/06/06/us/aclu-free-speech.html

[2]: Requiem for the American Civil Liberties Union: https://www.newsweek.com/requiem-american-civil-liberties-un...

Re:Stanford student may need to ‘acknowledge harm’ for readi... by woooooo on Thursday January 26, 2023 @03:26PM (#34538258)
Actual memo from the horse's mouth: https://www.aclu.org/sites/default/files/field_document/aclu...

Tldr: under the new policy, they consider impact of the speech to marginalized communities before deciding to defend. Presumably this would exclude Skokie IL nazis, in contrast with their past record.

Credit to them for transparency by just publishing it after it was leaked.

Re:Stanford student may need to ‘acknowledge harm’ for readi... by superorganism on Friday January 27, 2023 @12:49PM (#34549255)
Oh OK, so you want the ACLU to be a right wing org, got it.
Re:Stanford student may need to ‘acknowledge harm’ for readi... by leephillips on Thursday January 26, 2023 @03:10PM (#34538033)
If you don’t regard the article up top as a concrete example, I’m not sure I can convince you.
Re:Stanford student may need to ‘acknowledge harm’ for readi... by greedo on Thursday January 26, 2023 @03:19PM (#34538163)
I don't see any mention of the ACLU in the article about Stanford...
Re:Stanford student may need to ‘acknowledge harm’ for readi... by nextaccountic on Thursday January 26, 2023 @03:13PM (#34538068)
Is this article related to the ACLU? ctrl+f aclu doesn't return anything
Re:Stanford student may need to ‘acknowledge harm’ for readi... by leephillips on Thursday January 26, 2023 @03:32PM (#34538356)
I was replying to a request to supply an example of “so many [of] our institutions—from the ACLU to basically all of our elite universities”.