It doesn't take an army to change the world, or an average-sized militia group, either. All it takes is one individual to say the word 'No'.
For any reputable person or organization to be successful, that person's or organization's actions must be based on solid information, not conspiracy theories, not hearsay, not rumors, and certainly not fear mongering.
People sell their soul in such small quantities - a seemingly trivial compromise here, a rationalization of a minor evil there - that they don't realize what they're doing until it is too late.
We are living in an age where honesty is seen as aggression, and truth must be sugared over or else be rejected as hate speech.