Not to mention those who valued it only for its benefits, which the could enjoy without the burden of having to understand and defend the roots of those benefits.
The years where so much damage was done was right about the 60s and early - mid 70s. People were so SELFISH, so into "its all about me" (gee, who can we name who epitomizes that phrase?) and I remember as a teenager told by others to "NOT get involved". Well guess what, not getting involved, not being a good citizen and helping your community, your city, your country leaves a gap and the liberals tried to fill it all up. Now, we seem to be waking up a bit, but so much damage was done (laws enacted to protect the wrong, not the victims) that we have to work harder just to make any progress at all.