We think that because the other option is unthinkable at this time... fact.
Yes, at this time.
In all honesty, I would appreciate a well-thought vanity post by those who think something other than peaceful means will restore our freedoms.
Congress is popularly elected, and the president is elected every four years, so how do we revolt against ourselves? Keep the constitution? Amend it at the point of a bayonet? Maybe a national referendum to elect a despot for life who could be counted on to maintain order and stop the bloodshed?
If a nationwide or sectional Jeffersonian watering of the tree of liberty is point "A," I would like to know more about the intervening points "B-Y" that lead to the goal of freedom at point "Z."