[a fool in paradise]

Perhaps but nothing much ever happens. I have no doubt that the FBI infiltrated TEA Party events/groups to try to set up a sting charge for violence, and yet no one ever took the bait. Conservatives aren't antigovernment “no government” anarchists. And the rule of law still means something to conservatives, lines conservatives won't cross.

[Mr Ramsbotham]

Conservatives aren't antigovernment “no government” anarchists.

Thinking conservatives aren't, but there's a class of people who like to identify with conservatism because they're either paranoid or have some sort of monomania that draws them toward the political right. But then, there are undoubtedly true conservatives who just go a bit batty.