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I'll believe the ACLU when they defend the January 6th rioters with the same fervor that they defended the BLM rioters.

Not trolling, but what case are you referring to? The only ones I'm aware of were where protesters were illegally prevented from gathering. I'm also not sure what they'd be able to do to defend the Jan 6th rioters - it doesn't seem like their 1st amendment rights were violated that day.

>I'm also not sure what they'd be able to do to defend the Jan 6th rioters - it doesn't seem like their 1st amendment rights were violated that day.

The FBI conducted mass dragnet seizure of cellphone data -- much of it without warrants -- in order to identify people involved. This is the kind of thing the ACLU would go bananas over years ago but today are silent.

https://theintercept.com/2021/02/22/capitol-riot-fbi-cellpho...

Interesting, thank you.

nit: please refrain from any ad hominem comments and instead comment on the merits of the content itself

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