Why?
It may very well be that some type of permanent reset is needed, or that the path we are on has no off-ramp. Denying that those things may be true is tantamount to underestimating the damage being done, in my view.
America has faced tough times before, and we have overcome them - I am hearing Ronald Reagan's voice doing some sort of rah rah patriotic short film, sorry. I always wonder who the "we" is in that construct.
Despite their flaws, or as a result of them, our founding documents provided a framework and a map to justice, freedom, equality and preservation of Democracy that has utterly collapsed and has led to MAGA and the nightmare in which we are now living.
I absolutely agree that we can't behave like this is our new "normal" and think that we merely need to "nibble around the margins". As I said, it may be that some type of permanent reset is needed, or that the path we are on has no off-ramp.
Yes, we need to be as bold, scorched earth and extreme in defending justice, freedom, equality and democracy as the Republicans have been in denying them.