Likewise in the 90s. In some regards people look back at the late 90s and think how wild and untamed it all was, but have entirely forgotten that the early-mid 90s had its own SJW boom that looked every bit like the one today just without the level of institutional support.
I once read a book, of all things written about the Romance novel genre, written in the late 70s and published in the early 80s even, that foretold what was to come again in the early 90s and in the 2010s-today. Endless Rapture (https://www.amazon.com/Endless-Rapture-Romance-Female-Imagination/dp/0684179172/), and who in spite of the dangers of the Christian conservative movement were clear sighted about what the opposition stood for.
In a lot of ways looking back it feels like it didn't matter who you rooted for because whoever won, you lost. As a recovering Democrat myself, the lack of historical perspective pre-80s absolutely colored my perspective of the relative dangers of left wing thought compared to the way the Christian right acted in those days, but I don't really know who else was out there to support. The young people of today likely are in the same situation.
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Date: 2021-07-29 03:18 pm (UTC)Politically Correct Bedtime Stories - 1994 (https://www.amazon.com/Politically-Correct-Bedtime-Stories-Modern/dp/002542730X/)
I once read a book, of all things written about the Romance novel genre, written in the late 70s and published in the early 80s even, that foretold what was to come again in the early 90s and in the 2010s-today. Endless Rapture (https://www.amazon.com/Endless-Rapture-Romance-Female-Imagination/dp/0684179172/), and who in spite of the dangers of the Christian conservative movement were clear sighted about what the opposition stood for.
In a lot of ways looking back it feels like it didn't matter who you rooted for because whoever won, you lost. As a recovering Democrat myself, the lack of historical perspective pre-80s absolutely colored my perspective of the relative dangers of left wing thought compared to the way the Christian right acted in those days, but I don't really know who else was out there to support. The young people of today likely are in the same situation.