Persecuting? Is that what they call it when you round them up, put them in camps, and kill all of them? The government isn't conservative, it's a fascist state that rules through fear. I don't know why Medved's defending it, but I think that he's probably bashing a movie that he hasn't really seen.
What is he defending?
hasn't really seen
Hasn't really seen as in "he was sleeping when the movie was playing" or as in "he wasn't even in the movie theater".