Holy crap people. Can we please look at my original statement? Someone can think that it was a better time for, I don't know, religious reasons (no abortion), economic, family stability, public morality, etc.
Obviously, these do not in any way equate to the racism and sexism of the 50's to you, but perhaps they do to others. You malign anyone who has the audacity to say the world was better before abortion was legal, or when 50% of marriages didn't end in divorce for placing different priorities. I'm sorry not everyone shares your view of reality, or your particular favorite variety of morality.
I am not validating racism or racists. I am not validating sexism or sexists. All that I am saying is that some people, who still view racism and sexism as wrong, may believe we have lost more in our culture than we have gained. This in no way means that they want to go back to the racism, sexism, lower quality of healthcare, higher infant mortality rates, etc. All it means is they DO want a return to less broken families, less sexual promiscuity, more people believing in God, etc.
The moral superiority of this thread is shocking.