It makes me extremely sad to think of the world that my children and potential grandchildren will have to live in and makes me question what kind of future we can realistically hope for when the best response to progressive ideas is "bUt SoCiaLisM".

Fear is a great motivator. It activates our fight or flight response and gets people to act in ways they wouldn't normally act. Someone who would normally sit on the sidelines and just watch the world change around them would be more apt to go out and vote for someone if they were afraid of something and that person offered a solution to that fear.