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		eweise on May 10, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The ACLU Has Lost Its Way "people try to use 'free speech' as cover to rally for causes that marginalize, harass, and ultimately remove rights from others" Isn't that the point of the article? The ACLU used to promote free speech for Nazis. Now its political.

s1artibartfast on May 10, 2022 [–]

*protect, not promote.

There is a huge difference between allowing and endorsing, which is getting conflated in modern thought and discourse.

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