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Even a blind chipmunk finds the occasional acorn. Or is it, some actions are so egregious even dyed-in-the-wool ideologues are moved to comment? The oddly named American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), that bastion of progressive thought, has been shocked into commenting on the arbitrary banning of President Trump from social media.<\/p>\n
According to them, Americans should be concerned about the influence these media platforms wield. The ACLU should be concerned that this is a revocation of the freedom of speech, and next time it could be their ox getting gored.<\/p>\n
Poetrooper sends.<\/p>\n
By Beth Baumann<\/strong> According to the ACLU, Americans should be concerned about the “unchecked power” that social media platforms have.<\/p>\n “For months, President Trump has been using social media platforms to seed doubt about the results of the election and to undermine the will of voters,” ACLU Senior Legal Counsel Kate Ruane said in a statement. “We understand the desire to permanently suspend him now, but it should concern everyone when companies like Facebook and Twitter wield the unchecked power to remove people from platforms that have become indispensable for the speech of billions \u2013 especially when political realities make those decisions easier.”
\nThe American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is rarely, if ever, on the side of conservatives. In fact, they usually favor Democrats’ policies and decisions. But now the civil rights organization is speaking out about Big Tech’s decision to permanently ban President Donald Trump from their platforms.<\/p>\n
\nThe rest of the article may be viewed here: Townhall<\/a>
\nThanks, Poe.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"