I am curious.

I have been hearing lots of hatred against the Patriot Act for years now. People claim that it will be bringing out total fascism. That civil rights will go away. That people can be arrested and placed in jail forever without trial. That search warrents will no longer be needed and law enforcement would be doing "midnight raids". That immigrants will be locked up in concentration camps.

And how much of this have I seen?

None.

So tell me, how has the Patriot Act actually affected your life? Has anybody here (or an immediate family member-friend) been locked up for violating it? Have any of you been pulled in for questioning by the FBI for having "Anti-American Views"?

I do not want to hear trite speculation. No "they may be listening to my conversations", that is tinfoil hat land. Real things, real events. How many have been pulled in and questioned. How many arrested.

Because according to so many, this is absolute evil. yet I have heard of none of these events happening. Is the "Nazi Media" keeping it a secret from us? Are there really concentration camps in Missouri, full of people who simply said they US is evil, so they are locked up without trial?