> Surely someone will point out both can be true but the point is the anti-btc folks seem to be talking out both sides of the mouth

The most beautiful being: "The cryptocurrencies scam should all stop but, please, let us collect all the due taxes on the gains you made".

From that standpoint which one is it: are they legal or illegal? Because it's funny that they both want it to be illegal, yet they want people to pay taxes on the gains they made.

Hypocrites.