I grew up in the 60's when we used to have nuclear drills at school, was a teenager in the 70's sure the world would end in a nuclear war and went to college in the 80's protesting nuclear buildup. I was taught that we were different than the Communists, in fundamental ways. Conservatives railed on Communists for being the antithesis of democratic government (as did most Liberals too). We had to defeat Communist now otherwise we would end up being 'red' like them. In fact, there was that Conservative rally:
Better Dead than Red.
Among many horrible traits, you could tell communist apart from democratic governments by the following...
Communist governments:
a. Imprisoned citizens with no charge or legal representation.
b. Branded dissent at 'unpatriotic' or even 'treasonous'
c. Punished family members of those who dissent from government's line.
d. Invaded smaller countries for trumped up reasons.
e. Tortured prisoners.
f. Secretly had a intelligence agency spy on own citizens with no oversight, recourse or warrant.
Apparently now we are becoming much like the communist government that Reagan had called an evil empire.
Shouldn't we start expecting conservatives to start commiting suicide just about now? its better than being RED isn't it?