Notice that Republicans and conservatives are barely even making a counter-argument to anything right now. They’re almost just as cowed as the liberal/left, except they’re not in a position to be bludgeoned into performing these embarrassing public confession rituals
The self-styled radicals kinda do in the form of adopting icons who abuse and belittle them for perceived insufficient dedication. They're not the mainstream, but then neither was Trump in March of 2015