Even the Framers weren't in 100% accord during that summer in Philadelphia. It took a lot of deliberation and debate to hash out a framework for a new government that would be acceptable to all.
Freepers should take a lesson from them. Yes, our shared basic principles matter most, but there's a sliding scale of importances, based upon the urgency of the day.
You need to move with utmost urgency, and employ warlike means and attitudes, when your people's very survival is at stake. When the barbarians are inside the gate, you may have to elect some bad asses to deal with it, that you might not hire under less dire circumstances.
That is where we are today.
Your premise is correct - but, to be bluntly honest, we do need to be careful on this point, b/c history is replete with lessons of those who swung the pendulum too far in reaction to economic and judicial tyranny ... case in point Wehrmacht Germany. Yes, I know - some will imply I am making a comparison between two particular individuals; but, no ... Rather I am pointing out a social axiom proven by history. I admit that this is my greatest fear under the present set of sociopolitical and cultural circumstances ... IOW - Be careful what you wish for. Life is full of contradictions (sigh).