[sspadowsky]

No, dingus. We need to get rid of some of the laws we have now. You, in your hopelessly narrow perspective, don't seem to understand that this goes beyond pulling people out of line at the airport. The PATRIOT Act lays the groundwork for some very nasty shit, and I don't want any more ardent supporters of it running our country.

I believe the federal government should be limited, too. Like, they shouldn't be able to violate the Constitution and ruin people's lives when they haven't done anything wrong. And don't you fucking tell me that doesn't happen, because it does, and has happened, and is happening. There were over 1,000 people that were arrested in the wake of 9-11 who were never charged with anything, but were held in jail, some for months at a time, without being told why, and without being allowed access to their families or to legal counsel. Which is, you know, illegal. Or at least it was, until the PATRIOT Act was passed.

The only idiot I see is the guy saying that he doesn't care too much about what the government does, so long as it doesn't fuck with his life too much, or give any of his money to the poor.