Political conservatives have acted nicely for decades now, and where has it brought us? To this point right now. Socialists/ Communists don’t play fair; they know it and own it. Meanwhile, we try to play nice because we don’t want to offend the normies. That time is over. We’ve been driven into a corner and the only way out is to fight through the adversary.
Keep playing Mr (or Ms) Nice Guy and see where it gets you. They will keep pushing you to compromise your principles until you have nothing left, or you fight. I suggest fight now while we still have unity of purpose and the strength.
I, for one, believe we are in the end stages of the beginning of the struggle for the soul of this nation. We are seeing the beginnings of a conflict that may last for some time. And at this point, I do not care what the optics are or how I am perceived by “polite society”. I suggest you also throw away your notions of civility and make ready for what is surely to come.
The patriots who dumped tea into Boston Harbor certainly weren't playing nice at the time, and many of the loyalist newspapers disparaged their actions.