I'm not entirely sure if this is true. I can see some point to setting sail with some overt antagonism simple to get to the point.

Furthermore, prevailing moral frameworks often falsely put forward the idea that there is an alternative to antagonism. " I could tolerate those damn humanists if only they weren't so ill-mannered and antagonistic to their place in God's grand scheme."

To the tyrant, any rejection is seen as an antagonism.