This is a very good lesson to learn. I am old enough to remember the Reagan years, and what I rember most clearly is actually not what he said about any particular thing, but how the left reacted like the world was going to end every time he opened his mouth.
Several times in the last year I have heard comments like, "we are so polarized now, more so than ever before." This is simply wrong, it is no different now than in the 80's or probably the 60's, although that would be before my time too. The left doesn't ever change much, they just hibernate for a while when the Democrats have power.
It seems like the vocal protest portion of the left operates on a 20 year cycle. The period is just long enough for a generation of young protestors to be proven wrong and then indoctrinate the next generation of peaceniks.
I don't remember much about him then. But now, I read all I can about him.
To my surprise..he was a great president.