Yeah this was something I noticed when I recently went back to rewatch the Dirty Harry series. The only truly based entry was the one directed and produced by Clint Eastwood himself.

The first film had a LOT of progressive elements in it, which I had not noticed before until I recently rewatched it. For instance, the main villain targets an actual nigger faggot in a faggot park, and Harry and the rest of the police force have to protect a literal niggerfaggot from being attacked by the crazy villain.

Harry is also on stakeout and notices some dyjes walking down the street, and later they show three dykes making out.

Harry's partner is also a Mexican.

That became a staple of the series -- pairing Harry with women, blacks, and Chinamen. Only the film that Eastwood directed saw ZERO DEI hires for partners, no faggotry, and nothing progressive. It was the most based entry in the series and also had his second most quoted line in it.

The propaganda was always present, but it was distributed slightly more covertly back then. Also the dialogue was more intelligent. These days everything is dumbed down and the woke elements are completely in your face.