The call for the people to stand up and defend their right in the case is very reasonable since there are outright violations which one party for many years, but the violator will tend to be more forceful in coercing the people back to their control which cannot work again as far the people are determined to defend their rights.
When we are honest with ourselves and can see the relationship for what it really is, an abusive, violent, coercive, slave induced system, then no amount of coercion and force can compel us to return to it. Our Spirit will scream out for freedom, peace and prosperity. No state on the planet can defend itself from that.