All of politics has become more crude and hostile.
Biden is crude and hostile. Obama was crude and hostile. The press is crude and hostile. Many congressmen and senators are crude and hostile.
The 1980's were a more refined, gracious, gentlemanly time. Remember Mondale's reaction when Reagan poked a little fun at him? He genuinely laughed, and was gracious about it. That would never happen today.
We all were like that. Both Dim voters and Republican voters. We all laughed at SNL Dana Carvey's imitations of Bush Sr, and at his imitations of Ross Perot, and at his imitations of Bill Clinton.
If you think about it, both Trump's mannerisms and Biden's mannerisms are high comedy material --- yet we're not allowed to laugh about them or their failed promises or ... you know the rest. It's sad, so sad.