I don't know if this is too off-topic, but the old ACLU is in the media right now after a staffer posted some things about his free speech and how open-minded he is but _______ is an exception because they are so hateful/bad for society. The deputy director said that's his free speech. It's disgusting that ACLU thinks woke speech is the only allowed speech. Civil liberties for them and those who agree with them but not for anyone else. They would be the first to throw rocks at women saying women are female, and they would never support the women who lost their jobs for expressing such a view. Have they ever stood up for anyone non-woke fired from their jobs for free speech?

EDIT: Not too off-topic after all. Avery Tompkins who goes by He pronouns according to nationalreview and the staff bio is a women's studies/gender and sexuality/sociology/anthropology professor https://www.transy.edu/academics/faculty/atompkins/ It's deeply ironic that they use this quote, "I don’t want to be the authoritative person in the classroom. My favorite classes are the ones where I get to facilitate and step in as needed. The classes are there for the students. It’s not my soapbox."

ACLU Staffer Attacks University for Accepting ‘Provocateur in Training’ Nick Sandmann

An ACLU Kentucky communications associate criticized Transylvania University on Saturday for accepting Nick Sandmann, the high school student who sued major news outlets for their coverage of a controversial interaction he and several of his classmates had with a Native American activist.

“Does anyone else think it’s a bit of a stain on Transylvania University for accepting Nick Sandman [sic]? I’m sure it’s a “both sides” defense, but it’s pretty counter to their mission and another instance of there not actually being equal sides to an issue,” ACLU’s Samuel Crankshaw said in a Facebook post first uncovered by Jonathan Turley.

“I think TU should accept anyone willing to have an open mind and engage in debate, regardless of their views. That’s how we all learn,” he continued. “But this kid clearly is a provocateur in training with no intention of learning. He exists only to troll, intimidate and play victim.”

“Having experienced the incredibly high standards Transy requires for admission and then holds its students to, this seems like a slap in the face. I hope some time in a real classroom changes him, but his twitter and public persona suggest otherwise,” he concluded.

The Harvard of Kentucky? Lol.

Crankshaw defended his comments in a statement to National Review, saying, “The views I expressed on my Facebook page are my personal views that I shared on my personal time. I have a First Amendment right to express them just as Nick Sandmann has a First Amendment right to express his.”

“I will continue to express my views on my personal time,” he added.

ACLU Kentucky’s deputy director Amber Duke defended Crankshaw’s right to post his views on his personal accounts.

“These were personal views expressed on personal time on a personal Facebook account. The views in this post do not necessarily reflect the views of the ACLU of Kentucky,” Duke said. “As a stalwart defender of the First Amendment, the ACLU of Kentucky respects its employees’ freedom to express themselves on their own time.”

Avery Tompkins agrees with Crankshaw online

An assistant professor and diversity scholar at the university, Dr. Avery Tompkins, commented on the post calling Sandmann’s “public behavior and rhetoric atrocious and uninformed” and saying he would closely monitor Sandmann at the school.

“We can’t not admit academically qualified students due to their political and personal views. If he ends up in my Intro class, fine. He might learn something that is actually based on research and evidence,” he said.

Tompkins said Sandmann is part of organizations with “anti-intellectualist views” and would likely “view me as part of some liberal brainwashing machine, but signing up for Transy and my class means he is required to learn that information, even if he disagrees.”

The professor continued: “If he were to cause problems by being disruptive, trolling, or engaging in unethical behavior of any kind, I would immediately document it (just like I would for any student doing the same thing)…and he would just be putting himself in a position for me to file a conduct report.”

He had to backtrack with this bland PR statement.

Tompkins later issued an apology for his comments in a statement: “I want to apologize for my mistake in singling out a student and any misunderstandings that arose from that.”

“One of my favorite things about working at a liberal arts institution is that our community has diverse perspectives,” he continued. “All students, faculty and staff are able to engage in civil discourse with those whose views may be different from their own, and to learn about those views in an academic setting. I value and support these conversations with students, and I know that students value these conversations with their peers as well.”