Most people fear death. Even people who supposedly believe in an afterlife...Christians included...I call it functional atheism....
Once you get beyond fearing death.....you have a certain resposiblity to fight tyranny.....but the fight has to be be with feather not a sword....Hate begets hate....
I drove a cab once...This guy I knew was going to rob me but he lost his nerve...because I was nice to him even though he was trying to provoke me....
When we return evil for evil.....we get evil....the way we grow this grassroots fight is to appeal to helping our fellow man.....