How about toasting men, women and children alive and then shooting the ones running from the burning compound in Waco, Tx?
That doesn’t rank right up there as one of the scariest government actions?
What they did to Randy Weaver was also very scary.
Since I'm not living in a compound or living in as Randy Weaver did, I can be scared to my limit and be outraged by the abuse of power in both, but I don't see myself as being in their position, so both of those still had the element of "It can't happen to me."
What makes this the single most scary incident is that this is something that could happen to me or to you or any friend or neighbor or coworker.
Who hasn't said something someone in power wouldn't take offense about?
That's why this is scary.
It's another harbinger that's even bigger and more in your face than the last ones.
If we couldn't be bothered that SWAT teams like to break down the doors, shoot the dogs and take us away in a wrong address no knock drug bust, this certainly won't bother those who love their police state.
Yep, scariest thing yet...and as you and others point out, we have a lot to compare it to, so that's really saying something!