The republicans have really struck gold with certain people by using this fear mongering about "government" a code word for "democrats".
You know, some people will always be more vulnerable to people who scare them, and make them emotional, then to people who appeal to their reason & logic, and that's how, & why republicans succeed. They don't have any real counter-arguments, or ideas of their own. They rely on enough people being driven by the fear machine-to ride them into another election, and they give you the luxury of being able to say you're not being brainwashed by it, because you're not just a republican who hates democrats-you're a CITIZEN who fears GOVERNMENT.
If you really are a citizen, who fears government-why the fuck do you listen to what people in government say-just because they pretend to expose other people in government? It's fucking stupid.