You thought the thugs were out to tear down the first. Then their actions made it clear that American traditions and values as a whole were in their sights. But it goes deeper still: they oppose our entire Judeo-Christian, Graeco-Roman legacy.
And now comes the existential question: are you willing to fight to defend it?
Was du ererbt von deinen Vätern hast,
erwirb es, um es zu besitzen!What from your fathers you received as heir,Acquire if you would possess it.(Goethe's Faust, Part I, Night, lines 684-685, tr. W. Kaufmann)
But to possess it, you must be prepared to defend it. Is that a crossbow I see in the picture below?