Except that Hill was already working with Stark at that point (when she had her men open fire on Steve). She and Tony were tag-teaming it, she called Steve into SHIELD while Tony dropped the news about the SHRA on the rest of the Avengers. Which in itself was dirty pool, particularly as he and Steve were co-leaders of the Avengers.
Look, I have no love of Hill. In my mind not only was Pleasant Hill a MASSIVE violation of human rights (it also proved she had learned NOTHING from Civil War and I can't with characters who don't evolve and learn from their mistakes, they're aggravating) but Secret Empire was also her fault. She was told to destroy that cube, she did not. The thing is though, that, in Civil War, even at the point where she had SHIELD open fire on Steve, she was already working with Stark. And we know this not only by the above panel, but also from the fact that the team she ordered take down Steve was already in place and trained to take down superheroes using weapons developed by Tony. I would love nothing more than to place the blame of everything at her feet, she's a great scapegoat. BUT, the simple fact of the matter is that by the time the exchange you posted above took place, where Steve used the electronic scrambler on Tony (Civil War #3) the pro-registration side had
already arrested people and thrown them into the negative zone, kidnapped people in their underwear and interrogated them, and shot at several heroes. With guns. And bombs. That could have very well
killed them. I mean, maybe not Luke, but as we found out later with Steve, he is NOT bullet proof.
Do I think Steve should have been more diplomatic? Sure. But I also think that Stark should have approached Steve about the SHRA and his plans regarding it
before the pro-registration side started treating the unregistered like they were less than human, not after. Even if you put what a betrayal it is to find out your friends had built a prison, i.e. torture chamber, like the Negative Zone, to, as Sue put it, imprison half of your Christmas card list, even if you put aside that your friend had developed weapons specifically for the intention of hunting you down, even if you put aside the fact that the pro-registration side was knocking on people's doors in the middle of the night to coerce them to signing, don't you think Steve should have heard, from his friend, that this was going to be a thing before it became a problem, before the right to due process became something ignored and taunted? Regardless how Tony felt about Steve's personal politics and philosophies on life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, as I pointed out earlier, Steve was not
just his friend, they were co-leaders of the Avengers at the time, designing a prison meant to house half your friends behind your professional partner's back is not cool. I don't blame Steve for taking it personal. Emotionally, I can relate to Steve's reaction fully. Logically I do agree with you, though, in that both men resulting to what honestly amounted to high-tech fistacuffs was idiotic. You'll get no disagreement that they were both acting like testosterone-fueled boneheads throughout multiple instances during Civil War. Everyone in the Marvel Universe would benefit from a mandatory HR sponsored class in diplomacy, conflict resolution and professionalism.