Different type of steam.
Back in the day (I know you weren't here) at Rx as I've told you before I got into many battles, like 1 vs everyone. Mostly over my defense of Israel. I'd say in 80% of those threads I didn't make the last post. But IMO I won the debate in 100% of those threads. I just had to let my opponent have the last word, firstly because he wasn't adding anything new or relevant. And further because I didn't want to waste time. Debates are no fun when they become purely work anyway. And when someone screams "War Criminal" 100 times I'll give them at most 3 replies. I have to stop somewhere. If I go to youtube right now I could find 5 Pro-Israel videos each with 100 anti-Semites lying in response in the comments section. I could "debate" their insane mindsets until the last final score comes in tonight. All while I accomplish nothing.
Yes I know the above is not entirely like your situation in here. Just an example. Here's another:
In the movie 187 Samuel L Jackson mentions the term "Pyrrhic victory." That is what many people in here are fighting for.
Definition: A Pyrrhic victory is a victory that inflicts such a devastating toll on the victor that it is tantamount to defeat. Someone who wins a Pyrrhic victory has been victorious in some way; however, the heavy toll negates any sense of achievement or profit (another term for this would be "hollow victory").