If the alternative option is to bow down and "trust" the government, to entrust in it powers going far beyond its original limits that can ultimately be turned on citizens if the usage of that power is simply "framed" properly, and to believe that an empowered government can REALLY solve problems?
I'll take my chances with the terrorists. A wise man once said, "Those who would give up Essential Liberty to purchase a little Temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." But I guess he was just a sucker living in a 9/10 mindset.
And OTOH another wise man once said "the Constitution is not a suicide pact."
My mother lived through WWII in SoCal, where the Japs fired to the shoreline around Ventura/Santa Barbara. They were targeting oil fields.
She also told of the blackouts because they feared Japanese planes flying over Los Angeles, to bomb us here.
So back then, the citizens "gave up their freedom" by turning their lights out, as ordered by the government.
And that same government rounded up SOME Japanese (and Italian and German) origin folks.
It is more easy for me to understand things, when I climb out of a philosophical/hypothetical box, and study the world and history around me.
So just like the SoCal people turning their lights off during WWII, I am willing to subordinate myself, to a reasonable degree, for the safety of my countrymen.