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The crucial difference is that we were having a lot more fun then, I think. Everything wasnโ€™t so authoritarian. Yes, it was a lot worse for LGBTQ people then, especially if you were in a rural area, but at the same time there was often in many cases less judgment.

No one was trying to convince you that biology isnโ€™t real, no one was attempting to make you believe that biological males should compete in womenโ€™s sports, etc. Ideology on all sides wasnโ€™t so farcical.

I think overall things are better now, but pretending nothing was lost is just wrong. We lost a lot, perhaps gained more. But people want to posture like itโ€™s harmful to talk about what was lost and I donโ€™t see any reason to humor them at all.