Can someone please tell me whats so bad about them, the Wikipedia page doesn't have a controversy section for now and I don't want to read through thousands of twitter posts
"In court, free speech is free speech, and that's the only position the government should have."
In practice this isnt though- every right has to have some limit to prevent abuse. For free speech, there are 2: the fire in a crowded theater scenario, and assault. For instance in my state, assault includes specific threats of violence. (By specific i mean the kkk would unfortunately be free to say 'we should kill all black people,' but 'were going tp burn down t
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OldSageRick@lemmy.zip · 28 pts · 290d
Can someone please tell me whats so bad about them, the Wikipedia page doesn't have a controversy section for now and I don't want to read through thousands of twitter posts
dexa_scantron@lemmy.world · 24 pts · 290d
Nothing? The ACLU is great. Not sure what OP means here.
StrongHorseWeakNeigh@piefed.social · 3 pts · 290d
Maybe aclu just auto corrected to 'a cult'
miked@piefed.social · 9 pts · 290d
Nothing. It is was a bad joke.
OldSageRick@lemmy.zip · 4 pts · 290d
Fair enough
Zwiebel@feddit.org · 8 pts · 290d
Can somebody first tell me what aclu is
TheDoozer@lemmy.world · 16 pts · 290d
American Civil Liberties Union, and I'm not sure what they're on about.
ignotum@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 290d
Guessing the annoying orange or someone in his cabinet has called it a cult
Shadow_Glider@piefed.blahaj.zone · 5 pts · 290d
They defended the KKK in court as "free speech"
fonix232@fedia.io · 35 pts · 290d
You can disagree with how one uses the right of free speech, and defend said right, in the same breath.
theunknownmuncher@lemmy.world · 32 pts · 290d
In court, free speech is free speech, and that's the only position the government should have.
Out of court, FUCK the KKK and whatever they have to say, I'm not listening.
axexrx@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 290d
"In court, free speech is free speech, and that's the only position the government should have."
In practice this isnt though- every right has to have some limit to prevent abuse. For free speech, there are 2: the fire in a crowded theater scenario, and assault. For instance in my state, assault includes specific threats of violence. (By specific i mean the kkk would unfortunately be free to say 'we should kill all black people,' but 'were going tp burn down t
sad_detective_man@sopuli.xyz · 14 pts · 290d
I was told that this would get me paid by George Soros
UberKitten@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 11 pts · 290d
a cult of lawyers fighting for many US rights? okay.
JandroDelSol@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 290d
did ACLU auto correct to "a cult" for you?