Many like myself did not know this as a kid in the 80s-90s. Some of the movies he made like "sidekicks" left a positive impression at that age.

In the 80s-90s his positions would have aligned fine with the center left.

Some of them, perhaps. I don't think the center left would ever have been into the birther conspiracy.

No, I'm pretty sure they would have. I remember during the primaries, Hillary tried to attack Obama by showing him in a "Muslim" garment.

There were conspiracy theories in the 80s and 90s too.

	▲	sanktanglia 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		There is a huge difference between general conspiracy theories and the birther lie which was more racist astroturfing than a legitimate conspiracy

EnPissant 5 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Forget the 80s-90s - Even California passed prop 8 in 2008.