re: #133 Dr Lizardo
They were, at least relative to what we’re seeing now.
But the 80s was also sort of the beginning of a lot of this nonsense we’re seeing now; granted it goes back further, back to the John Birch Society, and even long before that. There’s always been a reactionary strain in American society and culture.
It takes time. That what I like the most about Charlie Pierce likening the Tea Partiers to a prion infection —- the infected brains were eaten back in the 80s under Reagan.