I stumble on that “talk intelligently” part. I’m not conceding that you are doing that. I’ve no problem that you question his tactics, but you kept going back to “so what am I supposed to do?”
That’s an entirely different subject. And yet.....
The states are to reject and nullify Obamacare and other unconstitutional federal acts. Not sure this tactic helps that cause. Try not to get too upset about this as a valid and relevant issue to his "political statement".
Also, don't get yourself too tangled up with he fact that you don't need to submit to an unconstitutional law to show it is unconstitutional. He seems to want to show how bad a law it is and how it doesn't work. But that's trying to prove Obamacare was the wrong way to do the wrong thing. Leaves open the possibility of a right way to do the wrong thing. Federally socialized medicine in whatever form is the wrong thing and patently unconstitutional. You don't need to sign up to prove that.