I agree with this so hard.

But it’s okay to admit we’re not living in poop houses anymore, I promise it won’t cause sudden mass contentment with our lives under modern regimes.

In fact, I feel refusal to admit this or similar actually **hurts **the cause. If we can’t admit to basic reality, why should anyone trust us about anything? If someone tells me that trump is bad because he turned them into a newt, well I’m going start to doubt the other cases they’re bringing forward against trump (unless that someone still looks very newt-y.)

Being unable to admit or ignorant of reality doesn’t make our case any more compelling, except to the similarly ignorant or converted.