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edit: I'm being very aggressively downvoted in every thread that I point out the hypocrisy of only supporting civil liberties when your party is out of power, and suggesting that liberals should become consistent in their support of civil liberties. Fascinating echo chamber here.

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Where were they during the 2006 Secure Fence Act? [1] Where were the vast protests when Obama pushed through the NSA data sharing policy during his last days in office? Violate the liberties of hundreds of millions of people, and they don't bat an eyelash.

It's not very productive of course, to only point out that so many liberals are extreme hypocrites on civil liberties. Democrats won't get my vote until they can act consistently on such, including against their own President. The effort now should be on encouraging the left to remold itself strictly when it comes to protecting civil liberties again, rather than turning a blind eye when it's convenient. There needs to be consequences for Dem politicians that support/ed the abuse of civil liberties, whether now or in the recent past (as so many of them have).

[1] https://www.boston.com/news/politics/2017/01/27/in-2006-demo...