Apropos of nothing

[anoNY42]

I was reading the interesting story below about a baseball card contest when I noticed this line:

“Nineteen fifty-seven was such a pure time compared to what we have now,” Mr. Day said.

I had to laugh. This guy sounds like a Trump voter...

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/22/us/a-baseball-card-contest-pays-off-6-decades-after-the-fact.html?module=WatchingPortal&region=c-column-middle-span-region&pgType=Homepage&action=click&mediaId=thumb_square&state=standard&contentPlacement=6&version=internal&contentCollection=www.nytimes.com&contentId=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.nytimes.com%2F2016%2F09%2F22%2Fus%2Fa-baseball-card-contest-pays-off-6-decades-after-the-fact.html&eventName=Watching-article-click&_r=0

[phallon]

1. Don't you just love this politically incorrect world

because now I would imagine the Archie Bunker character is heroic?

[bluesbassman]

2. Pure white time. There, I fixed it for Mr. Day. n/t

[Agnosticsherbet]

3. The mythical Utopian 50's is a recurring theme.

Whether it be about family values or corporate tax policy.

[SCantiGOP]

4. It WAS a simpler time

Gay, black, female, whatever - everyone knew their place and few dared to upset the balance.

Glad I came of age during the late 60s when that conformist bullshit began to unravel in a big way.

[Bob Loblaw]

5. In the article

Mr. Day was listed as being 70 years of age. Is it not possible that he was reminiscing about what his life was like at the age of 11 instead of attributing his quote to some nefarious racist longing?

[anoNY42]

6. Sure, but that would mean he is either delusional or just being tautological.

He is now a thinking adult, and he certainly is critical of the current era. If he refuses to apply his critical thinking to the 1950's, then he is deluding himself.

If he is saying that life is simpler as a child, then he is being tautological.