Sometimes I feel like I’ve crawled out from under a rock. In my day I wasn’t able to attend college and went directly to work. So, this is all an awakening for me.
Very interesting tho to see that many of you were all very aware of this. And yes, since my awakening to the political arena (about 3 years now) I’ve educated my kids about socialist and communist behavior. They are all very conservative. I don’t know why this stuff still blows me away though?
I do appreciate all the comments that were posted on this picture on facebook from all the kids. Very enlightening! Great bunch we have growing up now.
When I was in high school I was exposed to Jesus freaks, the SDS, Communists, and the John Birch Society (just to name a few). I was curious about their views, but more curious as to why they were so obliged to be societal misfits.
I guess a large part of my perspective was that, given the political climate of the time, they were misfits, oddballs, and waay out of the mainstream.
Nowadays with the dramatic shift to the left, most of those extremist views only seem extremist to a few of us. Even the ‘sting’ of being called a Socialist or commie has been neutralized by the left. They’re no longer afraid of the association.