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Originally Posted by Ned
...they want history rewritten to pretend that their newly offended views are the only valid ones.
In my day, people including academics had lots of different opinions and felt free to air them all without the threat of losing their job or being attacked by a howling mob.
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As a long time supporter of the ACLU, I was proud of the Skokie case, even though what they were defending was abominable. Sadly, I don't think the ACLU would do that today. I still support them, but they aren't the free speech absolutists they used to be.