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In reply to the discussion: Was Citizens United Correct? [View all]Yo_Mama
(8,303 posts)So I don't accept the OP rationale. I believe in free speech protections because I think it underlies the basics of a democratic society, and I desperately want to maintain that society.
I also believe that free speech tends to create understanding among the rational majority.
Since there is no constitutional way to really distinguish between the ACLU's right to electioneer and some corporation's right to electioneer of which I really disapprove, I think the OP is flawed.
I cannot conceive of any way that restricting the ACLU's right to publicize the types of things prohibited in Citizen's would make this society freer.
Creating barriers to political speech by organizations always works in favor of the well-funded, majority causes. Some of those I approve of - it is now the majority position in this society to disapprove racial discrimination, and I believe, discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation. But there was time when states tried hard to get at the NAACP, for example. The history here shows why this type of speech restriction is terribly dangerous.