The Christian school I attended forbade Harry Potter due to it glorifying witchcraft, and I had friends whose parents forbade them from watching Simpsons, Family Guy, etc... due to its vulgarity.
Whether this was a majority view or not I can't say, but the Church wasn't exactly making it hard to sell that narrative. They had a similar problem with humorless scolds as the left has today. And what they offered as an alternative to mainstream culture (eg. the Left Behind series which was a big thing around that time) was often heavy-handed and just not very good.
80s/90s kid. I 'member when Bart saying "sucks" was shocking.
My best friend had to play D&D in secret because his mother and grandmother thought it was Satanic.
My sister's Christian school banned Harry Potter for witchcraft.
Before 2019-20, I had never seen pronouns listed in email signature lines. Before 2015 gay marriage was only allowed in certain places, and only for a few years. Until 2011, "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" was official policy in the military. In both my southern and midwestern families' hometowns, most stores and restaurants were closed on Sundays and all had reduced hours.
This has to be amongst the fastest societal change in history.
The Christian school I attended forbade Harry Potter due to it glorifying witchcraft, and I had friends whose parents forbade them from watching Simpsons, Family Guy, etc... due to its vulgarity.
Whether this was a majority view or not I can't say, but the Church wasn't exactly making it hard to sell that narrative. They had a similar problem with humorless scolds as the left has today. And what they offered as an alternative to mainstream culture (eg. the Left Behind series which was a big thing around that time) was often heavy-handed and just not very good.
80s/90s kid. I 'member when Bart saying "sucks" was shocking.
My best friend had to play D&D in secret because his mother and grandmother thought it was Satanic.
My sister's Christian school banned Harry Potter for witchcraft.
Before 2019-20, I had never seen pronouns listed in email signature lines. Before 2015 gay marriage was only allowed in certain places, and only for a few years. Until 2011, "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" was official policy in the military. In both my southern and midwestern families' hometowns, most stores and restaurants were closed on Sundays and all had reduced hours.
This has to be amongst the fastest societal change in history.