Some part of me would like to think this way.
But, I really think that's how the uninformed idiots think nowadays. They have sucked up the rewritten history for all its worth, are glad to throw our rights away if they feel it may make them seem popular at the moment.
The only good thing about them is their knee-jerk reactions are only good for a few days before they're off on some other BS tangent, so maybe the fiscal cliff will distract them long enough.