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ACLU has already been taken by the new American leftist orthodoxy. Turning the tide will require new thinking.



If you're trying to argue that the ACLU is espousing authoritarian causes, I'll have to ask for a citation.



https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacobson_v._Massachusetts

> Jacobson v. Massachusetts, 197 U.S. 11 (1905), was a United States Supreme Court case in which the Court upheld the authority of states to enforce compulsory vaccination laws. The Court's decision articulated the view that individual liberty is not absolute and is subject to the police power of the state.

> "[r]eal liberty for all could not exist under the operation of a principle which recognizes the right of each individual person to use his own [liberty], whether in respect of his person or his property, regardless of the injury that may be done to others."


The comment I replied to was asking for a citation on ACLU expousing authoritarian causes, which I did.

I fail to see how a US Supreme Court ruling is relevant to this.


I disagree that it's authoritarian and the US Supreme Court does as well.


What is your point?


Here is a good thread about the ACLU losing their way https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27414920


I shared multiple examples in this comment:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=28451769




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