When you read this, try to remember that during the Cold War American liberals thought communists--whether Soviet, Chinese Communist, or domestic--were just high-minded, social justice advocates who made poor wardrobe choices.
We no longer have an inordinate fear of communism because we defeated their evil intent rather than just learning to coexist with them and converge our system with their evil system.
How many Americans never came home because they fell into the hands of communist jailers during the Cold War?