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They are telling people to fight back against Trump's executive orders that threaten civil liberties.

They are not anti-Trump, in that if Trump rescinded his problematic EOs, the ACLU would stop fighting him. The issue is not the man, it's the policy.

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The issue is not the man, it's the policy.

But how do you separate the man from his policies? That would be like trying to separate a man from his religious conviction. A mans policies reflect what he believes in.

The constitution asks us to separate religious conviction from public policy so I don't think it is that outlandish. The government is supposed to represent all people not just the politician's beliefs.

The presidency isn't meant to be a cult of personality and good presidents will sometimes implement policies that they personally disagree with.

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