The off-the-handle bullshit we see now couldn't have happened if the way hadn't been paved before, so I'm fine with assuming casting choices made since the 90s were done with political intent. There was a lot of propaganda even in children's cartoons; you'd see it with "Clinton is cool, Republicans old and mean" messaging in Animaniacs or the crippled team member in Extreme Ghostbusters.
The off-the-handle bullshit we see now couldn't have happened if the way hadn't been paved before, so I'm fine with assuming casting choices made since the 90s were done with political intent. There was a lot of propaganda even in children's cartoons; you'd see it with "Clinton is cool, Republicans old and mean" messaging in Animaniacs or the crippled team member in Extreme Ghostbusters.