When I made the statement that "we have obviously been sleeping for the last 50 years", it was in reference to the bulk of the American population not seeing the erosion of their rights. My parents certainly were not asleep. My folks would have loved participating on this website.
Socialism is a sneaky, slow acting cancer. Not only are our civil and constitutional rights being shot down daily, now we have to worry about our very right to breathe.
I see statements like that frequently on this forum. They bother me because I know people who have been attempting to fight this cancer for years and whose warnings fell on deaf ears. Even many of us as children could predict that the counter culture would be harmful to our country, our culture and our way of life.
I can recall the many times our parents and teachers warned us about the evils of comminism and socialism and its creeping nature, and many American people have been observing, resisting and fighting against the changes which bring us closer to both ever since.
My parents and many of my teachers would have enjoyed much on this board as well. But they would also have been incensed at the intrusion of people on this forum into my personal life at the cost of its destruction, to teach me "lessons" they (my parents and teachers) spent years successfully impressing upon me.