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by anonymousiam 66 days ago
GP (me) is not complaining about shifting positions. EFF was fairly neutral for the prior two decades, and even though I did not agree with everything they did, I thought they were worthy of support. Last year, they began filing some lawsuits without much research or diligence, and without much of a legal basis. I waited a while and watched, and I saw them becoming more and more partisan.

I liked it when they were more about defending rights and less about attacking the "right."

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the EFF didn't move from political neutral. The right just moved more right.
> not complaining about shifting positions

> EFF has changed

> EFF was fairly neutral ... Last year, they began ... I saw them becoming more and more partisan

I mean, I read that as a shift.

Read it as you wish. I would have been just as displeased if they had swung "right" instead of "left."
I didn't comment on directionality, just that you were objecting to a change (synonymously, a shift).
I did not see it as a "shift", because IMHO they were non-partisan before, and now they've changed. It's not moving the line, it's creating a line.