IMHO, just because people say they want something doesn't mean they 'actionally' want it. More so, it's hypothetical. Not calling anyone a shill. Emotional consistency is a spectrum. You need a certain distribution of intensity and integrity to be taken (not a pun) seriously.
Handling the psychic stress of ET's even with all the BS out there, isn't easy. People lose their shit or have lost their shit (then it doesn't matter). If there's tons of cases where a physical approach has lead to unintended consequences, I don't think it's likely the same MO is used.
The whole acclimatization thing, makes sense[?], but then why are our institutions in denial?. Either it's not an acclimatization or it's part of it.
If it is part of it, then the whole plausible deniability angle comes into play.
My general 'feel' is as collective awareness grows the individual interactions at the extremes of the bell curve grow.
Sorted evidence has to supersede the plausible deniability angle as disclosure narrative gains root.