As an American: You know what I think of when I hear someone say that they want “to return to the good old days”?
Homophobia, racism, and ethnocentrism.
When you hear a conservative pundit speak about how America had was in its golden days in the 60’s, when they scream at the top of the lungs with fearful angst, when they proclaim they want “their America back”, chances are that that’s what they want. They want “White Christian America” back.
Unfortunate how such a nostalgic, rather tame phrase has become twisted, at least in my mind.