[quote=spdrun] . . . Maybe I’m just not wired to feel nationalism and patriotism.[/quote]Yes, I am an (admitted) US “Nativist.” I have been stopped at dozens of (continually moving) east-west “border checkpoints” NUMEROUS times within the US in my (interstate) travels and had my trunk and trailer searched by US Border Patrol as well as dogs sniffing around my tires every.single.time. I pass thru their (moving) checkpoints 2-4x year. And I have never carried drugs (or ingredients to “make” drugs) or tried to smuggle any “illegal immigrants” in my trunk into the country! G@ddammit, I’m an American … with proper ID … traveling on a east/west interstate in MY OWN COUNTRY! I should not have to put up with this NONsense! It is BULLsh!t! And what for? Because we have illegal immigrants pouring into the country (just like Trump discusses), many with heroin, meth (or the ingredients to manufacture meth) hidden in their vehicles.
Why should I have to pay the penalty?? I, as a native American citizen, should be allowed to travel freely within my OWN COUNTRY! Does anybody here object to that??