It used to be the norm for people to not mention what horrible backward-ass racist political opinions they had. Except for hillbillies. But anyway, all of the right wing are hillbillies now. Ignorant hicks. Proud, ignorant hicks. And the other ignorant hicks are loving the shit out of it. It's very popular.

But back in the day, you'd have a neighbor or teacher or whatever and you'd think they were fundamentally a decent person because they never said outrageously hateful shit right to your face all the fucking time.

Exciting times.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

At least in the US, it used to be that they actively spouted their racist and sexist opinions and excluded people from their businesses for those reasons. Then we passed civil rights legislation and most stopped doing that and slowly stopped being as likely to do so in any populated area. Small towns didn't really stop, although they tried to hide it if they were worried about legal repercussions.

Yes, for the most part it was unlikely that someone would spout out their horrible views between the late 80s and early 2000s, but that was not a very long time.