Ok, then be specific. If not posters here, who are you talking about?
Who has the government fired?
It's late for me, so "hunting down" would be more precise. The terminology as used by the OP.
But the current government has engaged in the "hunting down" and silencing of global warming critics.
http://www.cruz.senate.gov/files/documents/Letters/20160526_ClimateChangeLetter.pdf
Who are you talking about, specifically?
Please, tell me who has the government "hunted down"?
Don't post hysterical political grandstanding and fearmongering, I'm asking for examples of it actually occurring.