This one is very interesting. From the neo-cons: Drop the ban, as it limits Americans fundamental rights. Yet the neo-cons are very pro-patriot act, despite the fact that it infringes on individual rights (to what extent is debatable, but the direction is clear).
From the left: uphold the ban and protect innocent Americans. Drop the Patriot Act and protect individual freedoms.
I'd like to see a third axis on the political spectrum, which we could call the rational. You can be rational left, rational right, irrational right or irrational left. Four quandrants instead of a 2 dimensional spectrum.
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