There wasn't an all out war on Conservatism, at least not a "hot" war on Conservatism, at that point. Sure, there were the normal grumblings, but lets face it: Dubya was part of the uniparty establishment, so it was still ok that he was in office.
Hitlery was supposed to be President. It was her turn, as promised to her back in 2008 to get her to back off Obama. They did everything they could to make it happen - pushing Jeb!, rigging the demonrat primary for Hitlery, all to no avail. They WILL NOT allow us to get away with electing Trump, hence the Russia witch hunt, hence the current scorched earth tactics to completely destroy Conservatism.
And here we sit, thumbs in our noses about it. It's almost like we want Conservatism - and America - to fall. We'll be "woke" when we stand up and start fighting back. Of course, the ONLY response should be to completely wipe liberalism from the face of the earth.
My response is to laugh at them in any way I can, at every opportunity. And I participate in a lot of political forms that are populated by both sides.
Honestly, it is very easy to set them up.