If you think people are delusional now, just remember how they used to be.

Serling discusses being shut down by sponsors for trying to address the Emmett Till case, and receiving many complaints from a “lunatic fringe of letter writers” about an episode of Lassie wherein the iconic collie has puppies. Some wacko viewers felt that the episode promoted sexuality.

And bestiality, too! After all it wasn’t stated that the puppies weren’t sired by little Timmy, after all!

The 1950s sounds just terrible. Glad I didn’t have to suffer through that lost decade.