Obvious as it may sound, people with authoritarian beliefs hiding behind free speech actually consider it as a weakness akin empathy. It allows losers like them to amplify their reach despite not being in power. They abandon their “free speech absolutist” postures the moment they think they are in power.
The ACLU are nationalist ideologues who don’t believe in anything. There’s no objective definition of “civil rights” or even “free speech”. They promote the wacky idea that money is speech and corporations are people. They’re only “free speech absolutists” for the rich or whatever the system tells them. They’re fash enablers.
That’s the most delulu & citation-free comment I’ve read in recent time: good job!
The premise of free expression is that the people get to decide what speech they want to hear, and it’s not the role of an authority to decide that for them. Seems you oppose that liberty & want an authority to decide. Isn’t there a name for people who oppose freedom & want everyone to obey authority? Aren’t there some rather unsavory characters who agree with you? That’s some awfully bad company: despite your superficial differences, you’re a bit too alike.