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Wed, 24 May 2006 21:27:14 +0000

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By: The Sandbox

The Sandbox — Wed, 24 May 2006 16:28:37 +0000

ACLU, That Bastion Of Free Speech…

Oh, the ACLU. I don’t like throwing the term hypocrisy around loosely, but in some cases it’s warranted (h/t: Stop the ACLU):The American Civil Liberties Union is weighing new standards that would discourage its board members from publicly criticizin…

By: Gaius

Gaius — Wed, 24 May 2006 15:00:46 +0000

I know full well what free speech is. many of my commenters do not. You can try commenting again next week, but as of right now you are banned for a while since you cannot comment without abuse.

By: jpe

jpe — Wed, 24 May 2006 14:58:42 +0000

Free speech as a constitutional issue is only implicated when the government is suppressing speech. Unless the ACLU has become the government in the last few hours and I didn’t notice, you’d have to be deeply, deeply retarded to construe this as hypocrisy.

By: Stop The ACLU

Stop The ACLU — Wed, 24 May 2006 14:48:08 +0000

A.C.L.U. May Block Criticism by Its Board…

This is the kind of hypocrisy that Conservatives and most reasonable liberals can agree that the ACLU needs to some house cleaning on. Via NY Times….
The American Civil Liberties Union is weighing new standards that would discourage its board …