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I would like to throw out there that the ACLU is a libertarian organization that would likely line up with the majority of the beliefs of Lemmy users. With that said I understand most people aren’t using libertarian in its ‘correct’ meaning as the ACLU does.

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immutable@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
Yea I tend to think than when someone identifies as a Libertarian they almost certainly don’t mean a civil libertarian, which is how the aclu actually identifies themselves.

We have grown from a roomful of civil libertarians to more than 4 million members, activists, and supporters across the country. The ACLU is now a nationwide organization with a 50-state network of staffed affiliate offices filing cases in both state and federal courts. We appear before the Supreme Court more than any other organization except the Department of Justice.

This is literally the only time the word libertarian appears in their own history www.aclu.org/about/aclu-history

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- Purple_drink@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  I only know because I interned there and it’s something they talked about. Maybe it was always preceded with ‘civil’ I just don’t remember that as well. The big issue amongst the workers when I was there was that in principle they supported Citizens United, and most of the employees did not support it in practice.
  
  Just adding my experience to the topic, not sure why I got down voted for it. I’m not trying to push anyone to be libertarian just pointing out other ways the definition can be used.
  
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  - Forester@pawb.social ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    You were downvoted because you dared to question the group think
    
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  - immutable@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    Neat, I appreciate your insight. Upvote from me and today I learned.
    
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