But, I have seen the ACLU go away from civil liberties, and towards liberal causes. The NRA, on the other hand, has never gone away from its cause, regardless of conservatisim or liberalism. The NRA would endorse a straight slate of liberal dems if they supported the freedom to own a gun. The ACLU would have supported the rights of the accused, whether they were Illinois Nazis or Antifa thugs...until recently. The ACLU has definitely changed; there is not much argument there. He just explained a little bit about how it happened.