Monday, Oct. 9, 2017

The Daily

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🗓️ 9 October 2017

⏱️ 24 minutes

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Summary

Two months after a white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Va., turned violent, 200 employees of the American Civil Liberties Union have signed a letter saying that the organization’s “rigid stance” on the First Amendment undermines a broader mission that includes commitment to racial justice. Will the A.C.L.U. rethink its approach to free speech? Guests: Joseph Goldstein, a New York Times reporter; Abre’ Conner, an A.C.L.U. lawyer; David A. Goldberger, a former A.C.L.U. lawyer. For more information on today’s episode, visit nytimes.com/thedaily.

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0:00.0	From the New York Times, I'm Michael Barbaro. This is the date.
0:09.2	Today, two months after the violence in Charlottesville, 200 employees of the ACLU have signed a secret
0:17.4	letter saying the organization's, quote, rigid commitment to the First Amendment is undermining
0:24.3	a broader commitment to racial justice, raising the question, will the American Civil Liberties Union
0:32.2	rethink its approach to the biggest civil liberty of all?
0:42.1	It's Monday, October 9.
0:49.6	So we're going to jump in.
0:50.7	Okay.
0:51.1	And am I saying your name?
0:52.0	Am I saying your name correctly?
0:53.2	Is it Abraham?
0:53.9	It's a brave.
0:55.0	A brave.
0:55.5	A brave, yeah.
0:56.0	So I'm putting too much on here.
0:57.8	So it's a brave.
0:59.2	Yes, that's perfect.
1:00.6	Okay, a brave, great, great.
1:02.1	How did you first learn about the rally?
1:04.8	I actually was at home doing some work and someone posted about the rally on Twitter.
1:14.4	And I turned on my TV.
1:26.6	I grew up in the South.
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