I can't speak for everyone, but one reason is that there is also a cumulative effect from these "small things". A progressive eroding of civil rights also affe

I can't speak for everyone, but one reason is that there is also a cumulative effect from these "small things". A progressive eroding of civil rights also affects a nation in "big ways". Isolating one effect of one loss, and comparing that to the complex effects of terrorism is not a fair comparison.