In an all new piece of irresonsible commentary, Ann Coulture says that liberalism and terrorism are next to the same thing. Her logic is a bit tortuous, and is in the same vein as Ari Fleisher's infamous "People better watch what they say," or Dick Cheney's "Dissent helps terrorists".
In a nutshell, Ann's argument is that because "Liberals" (conveniently leaving out libetrarians and Republicans concerned with civil rights) are protest government policies restricting or removing Constitutional protections, and those protections help terrorists hide from the government, then "Liberals" are aiding terrorists.
This argument pre-supposes that either government will in no way abuse its new powers, or that the collateral damage caused by the abuse of those powers is ok as long as we bag a few terrorists. Never mind that we already convict innocent people and throw them in jail. Never mind that it allows the government to toss you in the clink for no reason. Never mind that the government can read all or your email and listen to all of you phone calls. People not doing anything wrong have nothing to worry about.
Tell that the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and other targets of the FBI's COINTELPRO shenanigans. Tell that to the victims of Sen. Joseph McCarthy's HUAC. Tell that to the Denver activists who were followed around by the Denver Police Department.
Yeah, we're safe from the government as long as we play be the rules. Sure.