The ACLU are nationalist ideologues who don’t believe in anything. They promote the wacky idea that money is speech and corporations are people. They “free speech absolutists” for the rich.
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lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.com 2 months agoDoes anyone?
Yes, old-school liberals, the ACLU, etc.
It’s bizarre & disappointing that newer generations seem to associate freedom of speech with right-wing authoritarians when freedom of speech has been a firmly liberal value advanced through the enlightenment & civil rights movement. Everyone ought to defend it.
technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 months ago
ICastFist@programming.dev 2 months ago
Claim it, twist it, poison it, ruin it. Hate groups and vile scum always do that with things people used to care about or that used to be innocuous.
lmmarsano@lemmynsfw.com 2 months ago
Nothing new historically. You don’t have to accept their false premises by surrendering ideas to them.
Free speech is power, not innocuous: authorities fear it. It belongs to the people unless they surrender it.
Used to care about? Only if you let them stop you.