I agree, but would it be the outright ban of firearms? The increase of taxes to the point of putting all citizens on a government dole? The restriction of travel? The "rationing" of information?
The Fifth Amendment protects individuals from being forced to incriminate themselves. Incriminating oneself (or another person) is defined as exposing oneself to "an accusation or charge of crime," or as involving oneself (or another person) "in a criminal prosecution or the danger thereof." The privilege against compelled self-incrimination is defined as "the constitutional right of a person to refuse to answer questions or otherwise give testimony against himself or herself. To "plead the Fifth" is to refuse to answer any question because "the implications of the question, in the setting in which it is asked" lead a claimant to possess a "reasonable cause to apprehend danger from a direct answer", believing that "a responsive answer to the question or an explanation of why it cannot be answered might be dangerous because injurious disclosure could result.
This in no way would mean I would prevent someone exerting THEIR right for their civil liberties. The possibility exist that I might assist, cheer or comfort the patriot depending on what action he was taking and why. The REAL question is what exactly and when did Jefferson mean by watering his Liberty Tree with the blood of both tyrants and patriots and at what point?