"The progressive winners in this culture war want to punish their opponents. They don’t want comity, they want revenge."
I would like to see a list of instances where this "revenge" thing has manifested itself. I think this meme is way overdone. I might add, that usually the revenge impulse is fueled by losing, not winning. So it really does not make much sense.
Who wants to take up the challenge, and give me a revenge list?
1) It is not enough for gay marriage to be legal. You must force those who disagree with you to specifically perform for you, like by baking your gay wedding cake under penalty of law. But of course, your gay marriage won't affect those who disagree in any way, right?
2) Brendan Eich, former Mozilla CEO, was pushed out of his job for the crime of donating to the "wrong" side of Prop 8. And, as far as I know, hasn't found a job since.
3) You can't express your opinion against Mexican immigration. If you do, Univision and NBC will pull your TV show for not expressing the politically correct view on the subject after agitation from the "progressive" mob.
Don't publicly oppose the "progressive" mob. They are so vicious that you can lose you job.