The silent din of spiritual warfare behind the scenes is deafening. The out in the open social warfare cacophony of the media and the left is literally driving formerly calm people of good hearts to contemplate drastic stand your ground measures. I guess they’ve wanted that all along. Lord have mercy for what some of us will be compelled to do in the near future.
Rudyard Kipling, If: A Father's Advice to His Son
The whole poem seems fitting for these times. If not all times.