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Does the ACLU Still Believe in Free Speech?
Submitted by strike on Thu, 2007-05-24 16:00
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"Liberals and progressives have long been split between their totalitarian-minded leftist wing that loves to enforce political correctness through 'hate speech' laws and campus speech codes -- and those who recognize the social and political dangers inherent in banning speech that someone dislikes, and believe
the answer to objectionable speech is more speech." By Declan McCullagh.
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