Since the American left is generally composed of irrational cases of arrested development with serious daddy issues, it is easy to see why their histrionics did not persist. To illustrate: have you ever seen a child throwing a tantrum in public? Typically, it begins following some imaginary slight or restriction of activity. ("No, you can't eat all the candy." "Stop hitting the cat." You can supply more examples, I'm sure.) Once triggered, the misbehavior will persist and even increase in intensity. However, there is only so much energy the miscreant can muster, so eventually, even if the behavior is ignored rather than forcefully stopped, it gradually peters out and turns into petulant and ineffective whimpering. The left simply ran out of gas.
Since the American left is generally composed of irrational cases of arrested development with serious daddy issues, it is easy to see why their histrionics did not persist. To illustrate: have you ever seen a child throwing a tantrum in public? Typically, it begins following some imaginary slight or restriction of activity. ("No, you can't eat all the candy." "Stop hitting the cat." You can supply more examples, I'm sure.) Once triggered, the misbehavior will persist and even increase in intensity. However, there is only so much energy the miscreant can muster, so eventually, even if the behavior is ignored rather than forcefully stopped, it gradually peters out and turns into petulant and ineffective whimpering. The left simply ran out of gas.