No, I definitely agree one party is more guilty of infringing upon civil liberties and prone to oppression than the other --that we can agree on. I'm saying most people that show up with machine guns on their chest and stupid signs because of sincere concerns that our military is about to overthrow the government can't distinguish between a bona fide threat to civil liberties and a clarinet.
There are big military bases in Texas and Oklahoma, and military convoys up and down federal and state roads, and national guard facilities everywhere. Why did an announcement of these exercises scare them so much, but military otherwise on their roads and next door don't? I'll tell you -- those patriot Texans probably couldn't gather a full set of teeth between them and they're just scared -- of what they don't quite know yet, but they have a LOT of scare in them.
I mean, there are tanks and jets and bombs within striking distance of every one of those people every day. But now they're afraid? Riiiiiiight.