tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post114028499624764139..comments2024-03-15T01:11:32.832-07:00Comments on Bardiac: Better or worse?Bardiachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11846065504793800266noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-1140486089447767392006-02-20T17:41:00.000-08:002006-02-20T17:41:00.000-08:00I think you're probably right about the backlash.T...I think you're probably right about the backlash.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for respondingBardiachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11846065504793800266noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17974015.post-1140395322454312882006-02-19T16:28:00.000-08:002006-02-19T16:28:00.000-08:00I just realized I never posted a reply when you as...I just realized I never posted a reply when you asked the same question on my blog -- sorry! So I'm answering here instead. I think things are definitely a lot better than they were a few decades ago, in very obvious ways. But it seems like there's been a backlash in the last few years. I may just be noticing it more after all the media attention the "moral values" crowd got during the election of '04; I may be noticing it more because I'm living in a red state for the first time. But I feel several degrees more paranoid than I did five or six years ago.<BR/><BR/>If I had to venture a hypothesis, I'd say that greater visibility also brings greater likelihood of drawing the bigots out of the woodwork.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com