Big Gub'mint be OK as long as it be for something we dislike.
Or more likely just plain uncomprehending.
That's one of the intended consequences the government seeks. More precisely, how politicians, bureaucrats, the media and academia want people to react -- emotionally instead of rationally. They want people to feel that politicians and bureaucrats are compassionate and looking out for the little guy. They want people to think that government as their warm-blanket friend from cradle to grave. But those people are playing right into their hands. I say those people without knowing specifically who they are and I have seen none on this thread. Still, they unknowingly, or as you said uncomprehendingly, play right into the slave masters hands.
Government intervention into peaceful, private activity among consenting adults will make things worse rather than better.