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hlthe2b

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6. I am fully aware as I have the actual text and I totally agree with ACLU, with whom I have had
Mon Nov 19, 2018, 03:59 PM
Nov 2018

contact on this.


Any one that buys into DeVos's spin on this is sentencing lots of young women to a very uncertain future at our nation's colleges and universities. There is a REASON that the Obama admin worked so hard to write the new regs as they are (and which DeVos-Trump want to dismantle--no surprise given the serial assaulter Trump's views on this).

But they will defend the rights of Nazis to stampede through Charlottesville Downtown Hound Nov 2018 #1
Are you kidding me? This is Devos' attempt to dismantle protections for sexual assault victims hlthe2b Nov 2018 #2
I see your point about this ruling Downtown Hound Nov 2018 #4
I don't always agree witht the cases ACLU takes, but 1st amendment does require them to hlthe2b Nov 2018 #11
They're under an obligation to defend civil liberties, not terrorism or violence Downtown Hound Nov 2018 #12
They aren't defending the Charlottesville groups against anything but 1st amendment rights... hlthe2b Nov 2018 #16
Please, they are and were just using "free speech" as a cover for violence Downtown Hound Nov 2018 #17
ACLU IS NOT defending violence. As you say, any idiot can also see that the right of assembly was hlthe2b Nov 2018 #18
You don't need a crystal ball of intent for these people Downtown Hound Nov 2018 #19
Using putlic impressions of fact even that we can all agree on, does not rise to the level of legal hlthe2b Nov 2018 #20
Who cares? Downtown Hound Nov 2018 #21
Because they are in business of defending civil rights IN COURT CHALLENGES. Do you not get that? hlthe2b Nov 2018 #22
Oh believe me, I let my concerns be known Downtown Hound Nov 2018 #23
Accusing me of spreading "horseshit" when I have been very polite trying to answer your concerns? hlthe2b Nov 2018 #24
I never said you did Downtown Hound Nov 2018 #25
This message was self-deleted by its author hlthe2b Nov 2018 #26
You think I don't know the ACLU's justification for their position? Downtown Hound Nov 2018 #27
This message was self-deleted by its author hlthe2b Nov 2018 #31
Oh Jesus Christ. You are hopeless. Downtown Hound Nov 2018 #32
This message was self-deleted by its author hlthe2b Nov 2018 #33
Um, nope. Downtown Hound Nov 2018 #34
Enjoy conversing to yourself . hlthe2b Nov 2018 #35
This is the second time you've said that Downtown Hound Nov 2018 #36
There's a lot of misunderstanding about what the proposed regulations say. Please see this: mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2018 #5
I am fully aware as I have the actual text and I totally agree with ACLU, with whom I have had hlthe2b Nov 2018 #6
Is the WaPo writer's interpretation wrong? mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2018 #7
It is being non-questioning of the intent and loopholes DeVos is building in... hlthe2b Nov 2018 #8
Full disclosure: I am not in the Betsy DeVos Fan Club. NT mahatmakanejeeves Nov 2018 #9
I wouldn't have expected you would be. I think there is concerted effort to confuse on this. hlthe2b Nov 2018 #10
And I'm glad they do Loki Liesmith Nov 2018 #37
I dare you to say that to Heather Heyer's mom. Downtown Hound Nov 2018 #38
My take is that they are against Betsy DeVos' Beakybird Nov 2018 #3
Right. elleng Nov 2018 #14
'But the ACLU opposes the new rules for campuses. elleng Nov 2018 #13
Bad headline, ACLU does NOT decline to defend civil rights. elleng Nov 2018 #15
Thank you for clarifying the ACLU's position. SharonClark Nov 2018 #29
You're welcome. elleng Nov 2018 #30
A bad headline. PoorMonger Nov 2018 #28
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