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The ACLU is not a partisan group. They've criticized Obama where they felt it appropriate:

https://action.aclu.org/secure/president_obama_deportations

I wasn't calling out the ACLU. I am rather skeptical of the commitment of certain folks who are just now finding their voice.

This is from long experience, at least on the left end of the pond, where the mainstream Democratic partisans attempt to shout down any protest when Democratic politicians do something but encourage it when Republicans do equivalent things.

> I am rather skeptical of the commitment of certain folks who are just now finding their voice.

Who cares. "The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago, the second best time is now".

As with most such sayings their relevance isn't universal.

You should care, as should anyone who is aligned with these protestors' views. That's because if (or when, if history is a guide) the protests subside because "we elected not-Trump/Democrat-X/whatever", the gains will be eroded or erased as Trump's policies are continued by the new "savior."

Well, we're not there now, so the best we can do is do what we can do now, and promise ourselves to do what we can then. Maybe we will, maybe we'll fail, but there's literally nothing we can do about that now, so why let cynicism about a potential future erode our resolve to do what is right now?

It isn't cynicism about a potential future. It's recognition of a pattern that has played out time and again. This isn't new or uncharted territory here.

The problem is that as soon as a democrat gets elected to president, these "supporters" will disappear because it is "their" candidate bombing brown people or attacking your rights.

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