Counterpoint:
I'd rather the .gov know what they are getting into when deciding to boogaloo.
Yup. Rhetoric from the feds is just that. Rhetoric. All the BS talk will net them nothing. Threats, innuendo, fear-mongering, etc., will only intimidate those who wouldn't raise a finger to defend their rights and personal sovereignty to begin with.
There have been so many threats on We the People from the Feds that it constitutes threats of outright force used against us. Threats of war, to be precise. All We the People have done is to stand on our rights.
Now, I don't care if it is those in power are running this campaign to dominate and enslave We the People or they are simply deluded into thinking they are doing righteous things to "protect" us, the end will be the same. The way to servitude is being paved, and those in power are guilty of the despotism that is on the horizon regardless of whether they are the prime actors or are ignorantly making it possible for someone else to step in when we are made vulnerable. I don't think they are that ignorant.
Woody