The language we use is important. And when wildly exaggerated language is used to inflame anger, fear and outrage, at the expense of cool thought and analysis, then the outcome is almost inevitably worse.
The liberal left is not completely innocent in this area, but the new right has taken to exaggeration as a duck to water. The US government is not tyrannical (the dictionary definitions refer to cruel and oppressive - and whilst there can be a debate about the extent of any law being "oppressive", it is impossible to describe a liberal democracy as cruel with any degree of accuracy).
So I will call out exaggerations such as this. Let's talk, not shout.
Could there be any greater conceit, than for someone to believe that the universe has to be simple enough for them to be able to understand it ?