A favorite hobby over at the New York Times is creating outrage about things on the Left so they can go "Look! Both sides!" And, well, here we are again! In the last four days, the New York Times has published not one but two pieces about the ACLU allegedly abandoning its free speech bonafides. On Sunday, the
Being somewhat familiar with the NYT, lazy and sloppy sounds about right. And the Washington Post, to a smaller degree. And the WSJ reporting has a right-wing bias since murdoch. What's a person to read?
Yes, the ACLU has represented the KKK, Nazis, and NAMBLA. It has also represented the NAACP, draft resisters, labor unions, John Scopes, and Allen Ginsberg. That's what the ACLU is — and always has been.
this is a criticism I never quite was able to wrap my head around. sure, I'm not doing cartwheels when the ACLU is defending bigots, but free speech is with few exceptions universal, and you don't get to cherry pick.
same basic principle that everybody has a right to an attorney. you don't get to pick and choose who "deserves" legal counsel.
The Vulture Capitalists have set about destroying it over the last few years, but oddly enough the Salt Lake Tribune used to be an excellent daily newspaper with a strong liberal lean. Their Editorial Cartoonist, Pat Bagley, was one of my favorites.
Does the Gray Lady have dick jokes?
Dissent is PatrioticSexy, also too.
Hitler??!!
Yeah, well I came here for an argument.
Way to bury the lead.
You are EVIL!!
Prove it.
No. The editorial staff are all dicks and the paper is a joke, but they never thought to combine the two.
Being somewhat familiar with the NYT, lazy and sloppy sounds about right. And the Washington Post, to a smaller degree. And the WSJ reporting has a right-wing bias since murdoch. What's a person to read?
Yes, the ACLU has represented the KKK, Nazis, and NAMBLA. It has also represented the NAACP, draft resisters, labor unions, John Scopes, and Allen Ginsberg. That's what the ACLU is — and always has been.
this is a criticism I never quite was able to wrap my head around. sure, I'm not doing cartwheels when the ACLU is defending bigots, but free speech is with few exceptions universal, and you don't get to cherry pick.
same basic principle that everybody has a right to an attorney. you don't get to pick and choose who "deserves" legal counsel.
Mother Jones?
Biggus Dickus?
https://youtu.be/HrcbCW4y9Dw
Just renewed my membership.
Why, you're reading it right now!
The Vulture Capitalists have set about destroying it over the last few years, but oddly enough the Salt Lake Tribune used to be an excellent daily newspaper with a strong liberal lean. Their Editorial Cartoonist, Pat Bagley, was one of my favorites.
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