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		wonderwonder on May 11, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: The ACLU Has Lost Its Way I consider myself socially liberal, am a non religious jew, and vote democrat. I used to donate to the aclu monthly for ~2 years. The ACLU has absolutely lost its way. It should defend freedom of speech and the Bill of Rights regardless of the message its clients are attempting to spread. I donated to it specifically for that reason as I believe the Bill of Rights to be amongst the most perfect set of laws in existence. I stopped donating once the ACLU started openly choosing sides. Did not know about the Heard / Depp thing but if true that is absolutely outrageous and representative of an organization that is a shell of its former self.

ohCh6zos on May 11, 2022 | [–]

I am an observantly religious person who contributed to the ACLU for identical reasons. I think it's sad to see how far they appear to have fallen.

Maybe it's time to look to see if there are any strong replacements?

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