[Montana_Sam]

Bravo, Prater!
The sad thing the young socialist-wannabes don't want to recognize is that it is precisely their kind of behavior that has raised up dictators and tyrants in the past.

Society has an out-of-control marxist/violence streak going, and the next thing is a "law and order" guy gets elected, and tells the good folks, Well, I can fix the problems, but you have to give me this and that and the other.
We're not immune from that train of events.

[pepsi_junkie]

The sad thing the young socialist-wannabes don't want to recognize is that it is precisely their kind of behavior that has raised up dictators and tyrants in the past.

Spot on. The 'it can't happen here' mentality assumed we'd remain a civil constitutional republic where the rule of law was respected and fair elections determined public policy. They assumed that roving bands of brownshirt thugs using violence to intimidate people into obedience was an impossibility in the USA because it any such effort would be met with swift and decisive law enforcement response and, failing that, a robust defense of freedom by citizens themselves would stand up.

They were wrong. It can happen here and we need to accept that and not just pretend the threat isn't real.