I always figured it was a reference to the “birds work for the government” joke. That, or because birds tend to perch up on traffic lights and watch the traffic passing below. Or something about safety in numbers, because Flock’s biggest selling point is that after they hit a certain number of strategically placed cameras, avoiding them becomes nearly impossible.

I apologize for any failure to communicate on my part, and want to make amends:

Which part of "sweep aside your nonsense" are you having difficulty grasping?