Free-Speech Skeptics Don't Really Have Much Of A Theory Of Anything

Plus: A brief back-and-forth with someone who disagrees

A couple days ago The New York Times published an article by Michael Powell headlined “Once a Bastion of Free Speech, the A.C.L.U. Faces an Identity Crisis.” It was a pretty damning indictment of what appears to be the organization’s recent drift away from its original founding principles. “Since Mr. Trump’s election, the A.C.L.U. budget has nearly trip…