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    1. Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 27 Nov 2019

      It's all very well and good to say "the ACLU should be a non-partisan organization open to civil libertarians of all stripes" but in reality George H. W. Bush attacked Dukakis in 1988 for being a "card-carrying member of the ACLU." So that ship sailed a long time ago.

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    2. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey 27 Nov 2019
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      Fallacious attacks from 30+ years ago justify the current transformation into an all-purpose liberal advocacy organization?

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      Jeet Heer‏Verified account @HeerJeet 27 Nov 2019
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      You can't be "non-partisan" when one political party wants to destroy you. Not if you want to survive.

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        1. Navin Kumar‏ @navkumar_ 27 Nov 2019
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          but the actual reality is that *both* political parties want to destroy it

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        1. Michael Tracey‏Verified account @mtracey 27 Nov 2019
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          Except pre-Trump the ACLU made a concerted effort to advocate for civil liberties across partisan lines.https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/opinion/columnists/iowa-view/2015/05/19/aclu-tea-party-agree-urge-government-stop-spying/27627213/ …

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        2. Jeremy Hickerson‏ @seatacAtMcDnlds 27 Nov 2019
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          It's not about us surviving, it's about our society/institutions surviving. Maybe they're already too far gone to retrieve, if so, we're doomed. Democracy requires the ability to lose and accept it.

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        3. Coba Weel‏ @weel 27 Nov 2019
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          I would like to personally survive too. Qua person and also qua trans immigrant. Thank you very much.

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        2. Jeremy Hickerson‏ @seatacAtMcDnlds 27 Nov 2019
          Replying to @HeerJeet @mtracey

          at same time, the good ideas need to win and come to the top - and we have to work as hard as we can to make that happen, yet w/out destroying our institutions/system/democracy.

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        3. Jeremy Hickerson‏ @seatacAtMcDnlds 27 Nov 2019
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          This may be hopelessly idealistic mush, but our system was built on assumption we would, at least on some large-scale approximation, behave like this.

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        1. nichols‏ @bradynichols85 27 Nov 2019
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          Because it was already partisan

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        1. Jay Jeffers‏ @JayLJeffers 27 Nov 2019
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          Just so I can understand, as it’s clear that there are a few paths to being partisan, you’re saying the public facing partisan approach the ACLU is currently taking is effective for political survival?

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        1. Steve‏ @UberSteve 28 Nov 2019
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          Or maybe just remain principled and take ones chances. I dunno...

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