I do assume, however, that there will be a significant portion of the remaining population who will have enough patriotic guts to stand tall against a tyrannical usurpation of Constitutional rights.
Or, do I detect, even at FR a level of cowardice?
I certainly hope not.
Are we brave enough to be free? We still have -- more or less -- the great rights of the ballot, the bulletin, the bullion, and the bullet. I think that we are brave enough.
It's just a simple fact that for many generations, America has known only strength and Peace due to the sacrifices of a few brave people who fought for their freedom.
They are ignorant but certainly not "worthless scraps of human flesh". Under different circumstances, I strongly believe that the free American spirit would be revived if there were an undeniable threat on us.
World Terrorism is still too distant at the current time to be considered a threat. In WWII, several highly organized militarily oriented fascist governments made undeniable attacks on World freedom. If it ever became as evident in this era, the same thing would probably happen.