Welcome, ACLU

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Post by katm » Tue, Jan 31, 2017, 4:07 PM UTC

Welcome, ACLU
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Post by minimaxir » Tue, Jan 31, 2017, 4:10 PM UTC

Was this association in the works before the events of last weekend?

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Post by wtvanhest » Tue, Jan 31, 2017, 4:10 PM UTC

I remember when HN did not have a political agenda. Right or wrong, this used to be mainly about startups. Now its become a highly political message board

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Post by ebbv » Tue, Jan 31, 2017, 4:11 PM UTC

This is great news. The ACLU has always been important, and is even more important right now as the disregard for civil liberties continues to grow in our government (at all levels including federal, state and local.)

I set up a monthly donation to the ACLU last year, and encourage everyone who can afford to do so to join in.

EDIT: Clarify wording.

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Post by sjcsjc » Tue, Jan 31, 2017, 4:11 PM UTC

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Post by jasondrowley » Tue, Jan 31, 2017, 4:11 PM UTC

I keep getting an error message when I load the page.

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Post by lorenzhs » Tue, Jan 31, 2017, 4:12 PM UTC

http://archive.is/8Liu7 for anyone having trouble loading the page

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Post by savagej » Tue, Jan 31, 2017, 4:12 PM UTC

I thought the "A" in ACLU stood for American.

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Post by _m8fo » Tue, Jan 31, 2017, 4:12 PM UTC

Any word on whether or not this was planned, or is this a reaction to recent events? If the latter, then I can't help but feel that this is just politically conveninent. The alternative is worse (not giving any funding), but hey, I feel what I feel.

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Post by rory096 » Tue, Jan 31, 2017, 4:12 PM UTC

Site's intermittent. Here's a copy:

We are delighted to be funding the ACLU as a non-profit[0] in our Winter 2017 batch.

The ACLU has always been important, but has a particularly important role[1] right now. We are honored to be able to help, and we will send some of our team to New York for the rest of the batch to assist.

The ACLU will have full access to the Y Combinator network and community, and they will present at Demo Day in March.

We are hopeful that the YC community will join us in supporting this important work. In particular, if you’re an engineer and want to spend some time helping them out, let us know.[2] We’ll keep you updated on opportunities.

Also, please consider donating to the ACLU.[3]

[0] http://www.ycombinator.com/nonprofits/

[1] https://www.aclu.org/blog/speak-freely/president-trumps-firs...

[2] https://ycombinatorevents.wufoo.com/forms/q42uszl19i1mu6/

[3] https://action.aclu.org/secure/donate-to-aclu