I don’t think I’ll go that far. Times change, and so do societies. And methods of communication. I think they’re generally just stupid, possibly even more so. It’s just that the way we relate to and communicate with each other has changed.

I think what has substantially changed is that society is more polarized than it used to be. Bigotry was less noticeable because the differences between the bigots and those who were not bigots was more subtle. Now it’s much more stark