The whole situation is extremely close to being a civil war. The "haters" are ridicuously outgunned with the full power of both the media and the state arrayed

The whole situation is extremely close to being a civil war. The "haters" are ridicuously outgunned with the full power of both the media and the state arrayed against them, so they will lose. The imbalance serves to mask the nature of the conflict, makes it look unlike a classic civil war. Not enough carnage.