I think it’s inherent to the fundamental ideology of conservatism, that there are in groups that the law must protect and not bind, and our groups that the law must bind but and not protect. Every single conservative out there imagines that they are the living definition of the in-group, or that they have a secret pass they can use to get the out-groupers they like into the in-group, when neither is ever true. There is no amount of deviancy from the in group that is acceptable, and if you’re not part of the in group, you’re automatically in the out group. Conservatives who are not seen (pro tip: say “not seen” five times fast for a clue about the republican special guest star) to be promoting the interests of the in group as aggressively as possible aren’t serving the dynamic, who aren’t acting as part of the in group, are therefore part of the out group (bound and not protected). What they’re threatening these people with here isn’t just death, it’s exile into the out group, being made vulnerable to the very law they want to establish. So, that’s the secret here, comply or die isn’t just a political rallying cry, it’s the threat that they’d like to level at all of us, they’re only using it explicitly on each other because it’s all they feel comfortable with for now.