It's happened because these people get all the attention from the media, while the middle of the road types and the average working class folk are too busy making a living and getting through life as best as possible.
I really do think this lunacy is ignored by most normal thinking people.......and when stuff like this pops up in the news, it's worth a chuckle or two...amusement and no more than that.
It has been experience that most people can not even bring themselves to believe such idiocy exists. When I talk to family and friends about some of the thngs going on in this country they just look at me like I am crazy and shake their heads. This is what the left banks on, that normal hard working people will just not allow themselves to believe this sort of stuff is being done. It is beyond their powers of comprehension. And once it gets to the point where it is no longer hidden from plain view it's too late to do anythng about it.