At SOME point it’s not a public relations battle. If the actual reality of defending your constitutional rights is “taking the bait” then we lose. It’s done. Stay home. There is a class of persons in America today who damn well mean to own the law. Deal with it.
Yes, that is true.
But there was a lot of reality and public relations that happened before "the shot heard round the world" in 1775, after Paul Revere's ride.
We are not there, yet.
We may win before we get there. We have been winning, which is why the other side is so desperate.