Maybe they don't have any real intention of doing the things that people find so objectionable, or they would do it if people were okay with it, but since people aren't, they won't.

When they get it all nailed down, it might be something not objectionable, and then "by how much better than my word I am. By so much shall I falsify men's hopes...."

See, I've already done my political analogy. Not as current, though.