Stick A Fork In It, The ACLU Is Done
From
Reason:
The American Civil Liberties Union will weigh its interest in
protecting the First Amendment against its other commitments to social
justice, racial equality, and women's rights, given the possibility that
offensive speech might undermine ACLU goals.
"Our defense of speech may have a greater or lesser harmful impact on
the equality and justice work to which we are also committed," wrote
ACLU staffers in a confidential memo obtained by former board member Wendy Kaminer.
It's hard to see this as anything other than a cowardly retreat from a full-throated defense of the First Amendment.
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