I suspect that’s just nostalgia filter.
Hard to prove—I’m not nostalgic in general though. For example, I think food’s generally gotten a lot better since the 90s.
A lecture about political rhetoric which shows that the nastiness level can change over time—in particular, it goes into detail about shifts in which words got used in political discourse during the Nazi era.
I can tell you with certainty that Republicans and Democrats didn’t used to have nasty names (Rethuglicans, Libtards) for each other.
I suspect that’s just nostalgia filter.
Hard to prove—I’m not nostalgic in general though. For example, I think food’s generally gotten a lot better since the 90s.
A lecture about political rhetoric which shows that the nastiness level can change over time—in particular, it goes into detail about shifts in which words got used in political discourse during the Nazi era.
I can tell you with certainty that Republicans and Democrats didn’t used to have nasty names (Rethuglicans, Libtards) for each other.