If you going to make a point, then make it. If yoru going to be a jerk, then buzz off. No I am not from the Middle East, but that does not make me unknowledgeable. Make your point or go play with someone else.
Now we are seeing what, in a pessimistic view of government in general, could be considered the extension of the suspension of the bill of rights to include US Citizens. It isn't hurting you or me right now, but if we sit and let it happen, it might hurt us in the future.