You can tell by their twitter that their actions don't match their stated stance. They've become a woke social justice organization like many other institutions, repeating mantras such as: https://twitter.com/ACLU/status/1269413639464849409
- The ACLU faced internal divisions after defending a far-right protest that devolved into a riot of hate-speech that got someone killed.
- The ACLU also argued in court that teachers, when engaging with students in their professional capacity, should respect to gender identity of students.
It seems that a subset of the ACLU has taken the stance that defending free-speech as a cloak for hate would, on balance, reduce rather than increase the rights and liberties of the broader population.
This is the classic paradox of tolerance, it is not a new situation, nor should it be mysterious, controversial, or surprising. It is something that all of us must consider in our daily lives.