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dpareja:
https://www.aclu.org/blog/speak-freely/how-could-you-represent-someone-milo-yiannopoulos

https://www.aclu.org/blog/speak-freely/first-amendment-literally-banned-dc

The ACLU (along with the ACLU of DC and the ACLU of Virginia) is filing suit against the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority over their rejection of ads from the ACLU, Carafem, PETA, and Milo Yiannopoulos.

The rejected ads are pictured here:



Note that the ACLU also ran their ad featuring the First Amendment translated into Spanish and Arabic, and there were three other versions of Yiannopoulos' ad, each with a different quote about him. Note that while the ACLU, Carafem, and PETA ads were rejected outright, Yiannopoulos' ad was only taken down (and a full refund issued) after ten days and rider complaints.

To this, all I can say is that this is exactly the correct position. Free speech is for everyone--no matter who's offended by it.

Tolpuddle Martyr:
Yeah leave it up, ads for Milo's book are more like a career epitaph at this point.

dpareja:
Well, what has a lot of people butthurt about this is that the ACLU made it known that they would be leading the charge against all the unconstitutional bullshit they expected the Trump administration to do.

So a lot of anti-Trump types donated to them.

And then the ACLU is defending Milo Yiannopoulos.

And those same donors are angry about that.

Hacks.

Svata:
But choosing to not accept an ad isn't passing a law against it being said/punishing someone for their speech. Are they not giving you their platform? Sure. But that's more than a little different than arresting someone for saying it. I don't think the ACLU has a leg to stand on here.

dpareja:

--- Quote from: Svata on August 13, 2017, 06:43:25 pm ---But choosing to not accept an ad isn't passing a law against it being said/punishing someone for their speech. Are they not giving you their platform? Sure. But that's more than a little different than arresting someone for saying it. I don't think the ACLU has a leg to stand on here.

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But WMATA's policy is as subject to the First Amendment as any law. They are, as a government agency, obligated to allow any speech outside of those few matters that the courts allow the government to criminalize.

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