Remember when the ACLU was against chemical castration of rapist and child molesters? Well now they are all for chemical castration of children. https://michaelsavage.com/aclu-foug...ers-supports-use-of-same-drugs-on-trans-kids/
ACLUs high point was about twenty five years ago when they defended a midwest Nazi party's right to rally and march. They've been in a slide since then. Free speech means free speech for people you don't agree with. The current crop of demo-commies recoil from such ideas - free speech might lead to free thought or vice-versa. Either is anaethema to the totalitarian mind.
I think they were playing both sides to further their growth. I don't think they ever were for justice at all.
I disagree with you here, Marie. They have (or had) a history of upholding the Bill Of Rights. The case I was thinking of was in 1977 - more than 45 years ago, not 25, as I mistakenly said. Quoting form an article on this site: https://www.history.com/topics/gay-rights/aclu Some of the ACLU’s most controversial stances have come in its defense of free speech. In 1977, a neo-Nazi group announced plans to march in Skokie, Illinois, a Chicago suburb with a large population of Holocaust survivors. The Village of Skokie refused to allow the march. The ACLU appealed the refusal to the Supreme Court, successfully arguing that the group had a constitutional right guaranteed by the First Amendment to hold a march and display the swastika symbol. (The First Amendment protects freedom of speech and the right to peaceable assembly.).
I need some opinions because use of proper language isn't my forte'. 'either is an anaethema to the totalitarian mind.' Which is right - either is an anaethema or either is anaethema?
Thatsok if we disagree it makes it a good debate, who wants to debate with someone who agrees? Nobody learns in those kinds of debates. I feel it was a humoring us. One of those 'chicken in every pot' kind of things. They had no power at the time, so they played both sides. They don't need Americans anymore so their true red colors are showing.