In a way it is our fault. Post-dickwolves we failed to mount a proper defense to the faux-outrage assault

True, but then again how could we? Back then we were fighting what we thought were the last vestiges of the culture war against Jack Thompson and co., we had no way of knowing we were already in another against the far left. (Hell, a lot of us weren't even in college yet) We were still 4 years out from that and even then it still took another few years for us to realize it. And even then some of us (read: kia1-type people) still haven't gotten the hint.