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[–] protist@mander.xyz 96 points 1 month ago (4 children)

I hate that this meme makes it sound like "can you believe we've been talking about the same thing since 1990?!" completely ignoring the Moral Majority movement of the 80s and even all censorship efforts in the decades prior to that.

[–] Thunderbird4@lemmy.world 15 points 1 month ago

What a shame that the efforts of Frank Zappa, John Denver, and Dee Snyder are all but forgotten.

[–] MiddleAgesModem@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

Kind of a dumb reason to hate it. Because it doesn't include the entire breadth of this issue?

[–] Draces@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago

I guess that's one way to read it, but the Simpsons is still in living memory for most people since it's still running so it's more relatable thread for people