Yes. Ann Barnhardt has referred to it as "riding out to meet them". Remember that scene in Braveheart, the first battle scene, where the Scottish nobles were planning how to reach terms with the English to avert s battle, like they'd done many times before? William Wallace instead rode out to meet the English messengers and said "I'm going to pick a fight". And the GOP reminds me of those Scottish nobles so much.
The days of trying to be reasonable and compromise are over. We all know what their plans are. They need to be confronted for what they are. Acquiescing is the worst possible choice, especially now. It emboldens them and encourages them to move forward with their agenda. Also, as to what happened to the people packing town halls 4 years ago? In addition to the IRS goon squads happening to them, the party that courted their support happened to them. Their genuine zeal and grassroots phenomenon was totally squelched by the Republican Party and quite deliberately so.