Disagree.
The right has been under this delusion that we are dueling under the same rules. We walk the ten paces and prepare to fire our single shot pistol at the opponent only to see that they have a 12 gauge pump that they unload into us. We say, "Hey, you cheated, those are not the rules..." They reply, "No we didn't." They win that duel.
So we all huddle together and though some say, "Hey, we need to get a shotgun for the next duel or they will kill us again." And those people are tut-tutted that we must not stoop to their level. These are the rules. Our principles are to stick to the rules.
So the next duel is set up and we start our paces and at the 8th step they unload the 12 gauge into our single shot, musketball armed dueler's back and kill him as well. We get all indignant, "What the actual ****, you shot him in the back."
"No I didn't," is the reply.
So again we go back to our huddle. Again it is brought up that these rules are getting us killed. But our thought leaders again tell us that these are our principles and we must follow them.
On and on it goes and on and on our dueling partners are basically murdered. They are dead, but they died a principled death.
Respectfully, if you ascribe to a set of rules that your opponent does not, you are accepting second class status as a principled loser. Your principles mean nothing because they do not exist in the real world. You need to pick up a shotgun, unload in a few backs at 2 paces, and then see if the other side wants to revisit that conversation about principled rules or if they wish to continue watching their duelist get shot. Only then, when you have reached a level of MAD can you bring the conversation back to the center...or it all blows up. If that happens, it is not much different for you for continuing to lose anyway.
(This is all metaphorical if that was not clear, I am not talking about actually shooting people...it is tactics to advance your ideas.)