If you supported their defense of civil liberties in the past, I see no reason to stop that support in light of this. 3/3
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Replying to @stevecheckoway @ACLU
The fact that this is nothing new is exactly why I'm saying not to donate to the ACLU. They ALWAYS do this.
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They dismiss real oppression against members of vulnerable populations as "not their job" and reinforce shallow Voltaire BS.
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They defend _individual_ nazis, but rarely individual trans people, or black people, etc. Only fight overt _policies_ affecting latter.
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Replying to @RichFelker @ACLU
I don't have insight into their litigation strategy, but isn't fighting bad policies far more effective than defending individuals?
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Replying to @stevecheckoway @ACLU
If that's true, then why spend money defending individual nazis?
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However it's probably not true. Most abuses are not codified into policy but systemically reinforced patterns & absence of policy to prevent
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And things like "hate speech has consequences" or "organizing to threaten people is not speech" are not bad policies that should be fought.
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Replying to @RichFelker @ACLU
I don't understand what either of those have to do with the instant case which is about ads on public transit.
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Replying to @stevecheckoway @ACLU
There are actually 2+ (probably many more) current ACLU-helping-nazis issues going on. I had another in mind, but regardless...
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If M*lo wants to sue he can hire his own lawyer. Nobody should help him. Anybody who does is funding his campaign of hate.
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