Yes good point! However MSM and educational system propaganda is more strident than 80s and the level of indoctrination is greater. MSM is on the Internet. People are still getting brainwashed by the CNN, Fox, ABC etc. Conservatives have almost no voice anywhere except blogs where people whine and complain.
Thus conservatives are still being defined by the MSM and perceptions are being formed by the MSM.
What you say is 100% true as well. With the internet there is this potential to go around all this. I am just saying thus far it hasn’t been that effective particularly among those in middle. These people are still getting their perceptions of conservatives shaped by these powerful forces. Thus there is a missed opportunity to go around all this.
It starts with better candidates that have strong personalities and can reach people.
I think Ted Cruz is one of those