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>They are more concerned with social progressivism than the liberal foundations of our democracy

That's absolutely not true

In 2017 they filed a lawsuit defending conservative / far-right Milo Yiannopoulos [1] and spoke up for suppression of Trump [2]. Defended someone wishing death to gay people [3]. Filed an amicus brief supporting the NRA's free speech in '18 [4]

And tons of other examples every single year after that: https://www.aclu.org/news/civil-liberties/defending-speech-w...

[1] https://www.aclu.org/press-releases/aclu-sues-dc-metro-over-...

[2] https://www.aclu.org/news/free-speech/donald-trump-has-free-...

[3] https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2017/06/aclu-defending-guy-calle...

[4] https://www.aclu.org/news/free-speech/new-york-state-cant-be...



You're citing ACLU's PR and one source from a progressive site, most of which is pre-2019. Meanwhile, recent articles say things like this:

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/05/aclu-johnn...

There's a lot more where that came from but I don't need to lie by citation. The reality, as the electorate saw it, was that most liberal organizations in the 2020's suffered from mission creep. Planned Parenthood went on record supporting defunding the police, the Sierra Club redefined environmentalism as antiracism(?) etc




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