It started when my guest Dr. Duke Pesta related that kids are taught socialism in our schools, specifically government schools. I asked Dr. Duke how so. He told me it starts when kids are in the younger grades. Say you buy supplies for your child: pencils, notebooks, yummy library paste, crayons, scissors, etc...
Americans don't have a problem muttering the term when dealing with Canada, France, Sweden, Russia or China. Some will utter a mumble when connecting the dots with local, state or the federal government. I'm talking about socialism. There are numerous elected socialists or social democrats worldwide...
When I was running for public office, going house to house, a lot of democrats slammed the door in my face because I was was a republican! I witnessed this form of hatred personally. It reminds me of what happened on May 2nd when a North Carolina tow truck driver refused to tow a stranded woman who'd been in a highway accident after he saw she had a Bernie Sanders bumper sticker...