I'm sorry: which neocon president and Republican Congress rammed the Patriot Act down our throats?
And do you recall the vitriol and hostility and threats that any of us who objected to it were subjected to by your tribe?
You can play the "compassionate and thoughtful " conservative all you want, but the right side of the aisle - your side- and it's goose stepping under-educated base brought us The Patriot Act.
Yes, many Democratic politicians have aided in its implementation and continuation, and they suck as much as most of the folks on your side. I realize that this creates cognitive dissonance in your binary brain, but not all liberals blindly support a blue ticket. Can the same be said of Conservatives? How many of you will pretend to hold your nose as you vote for Trump, and only because he has an "R" after his name?
"There are three kinds of lies: lies, damned lies, and statistics." -- (maybe) Benjamin Disraeli, popularized by Mark Twain