Libs could (and would) shut off the cellular network in order to keep the proles in line. They couldn’t do that with the ham folks. (Yes, wideband jamming is possible, but many xmtrs at multiple frequences would required and even then the jammers could be DF’d and decommissioned by ...er...folks on our side.)
Nope, not paranoid, but realistic.
Never, EVER trust a progressive. They are the enemy.
Bottomless slime.
NEVER EVER.
They have "howlers" that run up and down frequencies.