Archived We are Keeping U.S. Citizen Secretly Locked Up Without Charges (aclu.org)
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Archived We are Keeping U.S. Citizen Secretly Locked Up Without Charges (aclu.org)
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[–] Thisismyvoatusername ago
The problem with the ACLU lies in how they define civil liberties. They feel no qualms letting Second Amendment rights or religious exercise rights (especially if they are those of Christians) get trammeled even though they are protected in the Constitution, but are very happy to expand rights to include all sorts of things like letting transexuals pick their bathrooms. About the only thing they have consistently protected to everyone's benefit without regard to left or right wing politics has been freedom of speech. Unfortunately, recent signals leave their commitment to that going forward in doubt. They look like they might be succumbing to the distinction between freedom for all speech and no freedom for hateful or harmful speech as defined by social justice warriors.
[–] TheBuddha [S] 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
Let's start at your first sentence. Google the ACLU defends the 2nd amendment.
They have. They do. Etc...
[–] Thisismyvoatusername 0 points 1 point 1 point (+1|-0) ago
They are also very often on the side of strong gun regulation. For instance they did not support the outcome in the Heller case because they do not believe it is an individual right, but a collective right. The laws in question in that case effectively made gun ownership in DC impossible for private citizens.
They've really burned almost all of the trust I had for them back in the 70s and 80s.