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Once upon a time, this “political extremism“ used to just simply be called “being a decent human being“. How far we’ve fallen.
What specific moment in the past are you idolizing here?
When in human history years has it been more acceptable to be any random marginalized group than it is today?
Did you read the post?
Where is the past being misrepresented, or even just being represented?
"How far we've fallen" implies it was once much much better.
Red Scare propaganda, and its fundamental essence now entrenched across society, is largely to blame for decency and empathy becoming demonized as extremist.
Simply acknowledging historical antecedents is not whitewashing or idealizing the past.