The ACLU Used To Stand For Free Speech And Civil Liberties, But Now It’s Just Another Progressive Organization
If you’d have told Ira Glasser 25 years ago that the American Civil Liberties Union, an apolitical organization that was formed to protect the constitutional rights of all Americans, would go from defending the rights of neo-Nazis to march in the streets to becoming a progressive political organization, he probably would have laughed in your face.
That’s because the ACLU used to be a legitimate, neutral organization that stood up for the constitutional rights of all Americans, regardless of their political affiliation or how egregious their views were. Today, unfortunately, it’s just not the same organization that it once was. From running not-so-subtle political ads endorsing Democrats and desecrating the presumption of innocence to blatant corruption and backpedaling on freedom of speech, the ACLU has fallen. It’s fallen so, so far.