It's not bravery, not yet, anyway. I have never been threatened, and I figure before that changes, a lot of people who actually are brave, and much more of a threat to oppressors than I ever could hope to be, would disappear in some shape or form. So I'm not brave, I'm just slightly idealistic :)
I've likened it to that scene in V for Vendetta. They can only take what you give them.