Everyone has been totally intimidated... a usual and very successful Fascist tactic.
Don't think so? Read: “The Three Faces of Fascism”. by Ernst Nolte
Liberals are following a long standing and successful Nazi/Fascist strategy. 'Woke' types follow the step-by-step, word-for-word, act-for-act, etc., blueprint for bullying whole populations into submission. We've all seen the clandestine films of Nazi goons bullying children, old people and unarmed men in the WWII documentaries!
If you want to watch an absolutely chilling and entirely true film about this, rent “The Final Days of Sophie Scholl.” It’s about a young woman in 1943 Germany who, as part of the “White Rose” resistance, is trying to get out the truth about the NAZI party.
She is discovered leafleting, investigated, “tried” and executed. The scenes of the police investigation, “trial,” and execution will shock you.
The parallels to today’s leftist behavior are beyond scary. Everyone in Germany in those years was intimidated and scared to death to speak out. You went along to survive and turned a blind eye to evil.