U.S. filmmaker repeatedly detained at border
http://www.salon.com/2012/04/08/u_s_filmmaker_repeatedly_detained_at_border/singleton/
I continue in my seemingly pointless effort to make as many people aware of the loss of Constitutional rights our government (GOP as well as Democrat) has ‘gifted’ its population. It frustrates me that there is almost no hue and cry is essentially absent. Way too much of this attitude:
As is true for all states that expand and abuse their own powers, that’s what the U.S. Government counts on: that it is sending the message that none of this will affect you as long as you avoid posing any meaningful challenges to what they do. In other words: you can avoid being targeted if you passively acquiesce to what they do and refrain from interfering in it. That’s precisely what makes it so pernicious, and why it’s so imperative to find a way to rein it in.
What does it take to get people to give a damn?
It is strange. People will get all up in arms on either side of a Travon Martin thangy but not something as critical as losing constitutional rights. Maybe they are afraid of the consequences since it seems it’s OK to detain (or even assassinate) citizens without real due process.