Metaphorically you may be correct. Legally, you are not.
IMO
I am also entirely sure we do not want to routinely turn differences of opinion about policy issues into accusations of treason.
Using the government to harrass, intimidate and shut down their opponents IS treason
I would phrase it, “Objectively, I'm correct. Legally, like everything else about the law, it's not so simple.”
“I am also entirely sure we do not want to routinely turn differences of opinion about policy issues into accusations of treason.”
It's too late. The left has been doing this sort of thing - criminalizing policy differences - at least since the Nixon years. That's really what your arguments about left-wing folks not seeing a problem with using the IRS to persecute conservatives is about.
My view is it's time to stop pretending that our enemies are merely political adversaries. They don't mean to win elections fairly and squarely, implement their policies, and then permit us the same when we win fairly and squarely. They aim to destroy us, our Constitution, our rights, our society, the family, and everything, and impose totalitarianism on us.
They are enemy.
We must destroy them.
As they have already led the way in criminalizing policy differences, I have no problem criminalizing the individual, discrete actions that are aimed at destroying our liberties and our society, even if the vermin dress them up as mere "policy differences."
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