ACLU Silent on McInnes’ Free Speech Lawsuit, Twitter Files

American life is forever shaped by the Skokie freedom speech battle in 1978.

A neo-Nazi group, with the ACLU’s support, planned to march in the same Chicago suburb many Holocaust survivors called home.

This outrageous event, which eventually turned into a rally in downtown Chicago, became national news and spawned several other events. 1981 TV feature starring Danny Kaye And confirmed the ACLU’s free speech stance.

The notoriety of the case caused some ACLU members to resign, but to many others the case has come to represent the ACLU’s unwavering commitment to principle.

It’s easy to defend speech we embrace. Is it possible to defend views that are considered bigoted, even those associated with the most horrific acts of violence in the 20th century? That’s another matter, but it’s covered under the First Amendment.

It’s amazing how times have changed.

Too often, American Civil Liberties Union has remained silent regarding the current free speech battle. Take comedian Gavin McInnes’ beef with Rutherford, New Jersey.

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McInnes, who was the founder of Proud Boys but quit it two years later, filed a lawsuit against the city after he cancelled a comedy show slated for the Williams Center in November.

The suit claims that the borough violated McInnes’ First Amendment rights … McInnes, who also co-founded Vice magazine, is accusing the Police Department of canceling the show, an action that was later “ratified” according to the suit.

The town’s police chief admitted to calling for the event’s cancellation due to potential violence. McInnes’s conservative stances have enraged groups like Antifa, which purport to fight fascism but often use violence against those who don’t share its radical Left views.

Hollywood in Toto reached to the ACLU to comment on McInnes suit. It seems that McInnes is close to its decades-long fight to free expression.

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