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Sun Oct 17 14:12:36 +0000 2021

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Glenn Greenwald @ggreenwald

The ACLU was a crucial influence on my political and legal outlook in childhood and early adulthood. There have been many valid criticisms of them as they changed -- including from its former leaders -- but to see them explicitly urging more free speech restrictions is shocking. — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Oct. 17, 2021 Hibernated

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I read this ACLU brief. This is the first time, at least to my knowledge, that ACLU is explicitly arguing in court that the First Amendment's free speech clause has been interpreted *too broadly* by courts, and are advocating *a more restrictive view* of what free speech means. — PolitiTweet.org

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BREAKING: Three teachers in Loudoun county are going to court simply because they don't want to use trans & nonbina… https://t.co/9hZ9u…

Posted Oct. 17, 2021 Hibernated

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I really believe that within 18-24 months, ACLU - either a state affiliate or the national group - will argue in court that hate speech is outside 1st Amendment protections because it infringes the rights of marginalized groups. This brief is a big step. https://t.co/EUcRH4mDYo — PolitiTweet.org

Posted Oct. 17, 2021 Hibernated

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