I’m beginning to slowly recognize the full extent to which the culture wars are being fought with the seriousness, strategizing, purposes, and resources of real wars. The worst mistake you can make is to be out in public social media imagining it is just a metaphor.
Of course this is only true when the antagonist has the weaker forces. When force balance changes so does preferred approach. We should not assume that adversaries are afraid to shed blood. They are just afraid to lose which is not the same thing.