Then i realize that that is the whole point. To intimidate people into giving up their rights voluntarily. That’s how they are getting away with all of this. They know full well that people see their rights as something that just happens naturally. What people don’t realize is that you need to pro-actively exercise your rights in the event that they are being trampled on. You don’t do it because you have something to hide, as the government would like to portray it as, you do it because you’re asserting the fact that you have rights, they are being violated, and you aren’t going to get away with that.

It’s like the story my mom told me about when she got pulled over with a friend who was driving, my mom was the passenger. The officer, who pulled her over for simply speeding, asked for my mom’s ID. My mom kindly refused. The officer got miffed and remarked, “What are you afraid about that I’ll see on your record?”. My mom stated that her record is absolutely spotless (which it really is) but that she knew she had to right to not show him her ID and he really had no right to ask her for it. He got irritated but let it go because he knew she was right. Most people don’t know that. They just automatically comply with authority.