[cgbg]

You are assuming your adversaries are going to play fair.

They are not.

You will be silenced—if they want to silence you.

It is kinda like saying that folks should obey the speed limit in a town full of speed traps where the speed limit signs are hidden behind bushes.

[Boogieman]

“You are assuming your adversaries are going to play fair.”

You are assuming you’ll be defeated before the battle is even joined.