Waldo JaquithIf you were wondering "did the ACLU learn anything from August 12, 2017 in Charlottesville?" the answer is that, no, they did not.
0t@waldoj Just like the issue with the univ presidents, if you believe in free speech, then you must accept abhorrent free speech and defend it. It's fine to speak your opinion against it. I agree with the univ presidents. I agree with the ACLU taking on free speech cases. I hate the NRA. Ironically, they are defending your right to speak this very opinion.
Tom Ritchford@0t @waldoj I believe in free speech, but not the perversion of free speech that America has, where paid liars screaming hate speech are not just protected but can use their money to drown out the truth.
> they are defending your right to speak this very opinion.
Allowing paid liars to outscream the rest of us makes that worthless.
Trump is the very exemplar of this philosophy. When he wins, are you going to smile and say, "What a triumph for free and unfettered speech"?
@TomSwirly @waldoj Constitutionally protected speech vs the Citizen's United ruling are not equivalent. Don't conflate the two.