They protect the right to free speech very vigorously. Their reasoning is that if cretins are protected in their disgusting speech, then people who have rational and productive things to say will also be protected.
I have to say that I am comfortable in my freedom speak out about governmental and societal issues that I find to be problematical when people like the KKK are well protected when they do so as well. There are many things I don’t like about the ACLU, but I certainly understand their reasoning when they protect the right of people that are…problematical…to speak.
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Didn’t we see this before?
How ironic is that?
This is the kind of story that makes people hate the ACLU. Where the hell were they when George Zimmerman needed help???
Standing at the podium with Trayvon’s parents.
They protect the right to free speech very vigorously. Their reasoning is that if cretins are protected in their disgusting speech, then people who have rational and productive things to say will also be protected.
I have to say that I am comfortable in my freedom speak out about governmental and societal issues that I find to be problematical when people like the KKK are well protected when they do so as well. There are many things I don’t like about the ACLU, but I certainly understand their reasoning when they protect the right of people that are…problematical…to speak.
-Bartleby