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Armchair warrior.
Bravery is not a lack of fear, it's rather the opposite.
Also, the temporary paranoia I'd suffer would pale in comparison to the life-long ass-kicking I would deal myself if I let this slide.
"First they came for the..." You know the rest.
"Yes, but maybe we can just trust The System and this whole fascism thing will just go away on its own without anyone having to do anything uncomfortable"... says/said nearly everyone with any power to influence whether it goes away.
Not that this unnamed employee pressing charges against a Trump underling is going to save Democracy, and really it's more important that the government enforce the no-politicizing law, but it's how this problem festers. We shouldn't need to even be dealing with a third Trump campaign.
Ah yes, because *checks notes... telling people to do things like press charges is being an armchair warrior.
Also yes, because being in poverty and knowing deep in your heart half the people who say they support you would bail on the country entirely if it meant saving their own skins doesn't make you tired of hearing it. Because if these people cared so much for each other, they might stand up for each other instead of turning tail and saying "save yourself" while doing nothing to help.
It's like telling a drowning person to save themselves while holding tightly onto the life vest you could throw them.
Telling someone else to risk their life is what an armchair warrior does. It's what you are doing.