The libertarians were right on the Patriot act ( I tip my hat to you) and so were millions like me, unaffiliated, pro-American, anti-communist.
All those who understood examples from history and that any “compromise” of Constitutional rights in the name of “safety” would open the door to “give them an inch and they will take a mile”. Now here we are, they took 100 miles and will take even more...
This is what happens when things are not nipped in the bud using foresight of cause and effect. And we still have learned not one thing from it and will continue to enslave ourselves to be “safe” as a collective, like breathalyzers in all cars. We are placing ourselves willingly in the protective custody of the state.