Nah. Just rose colored hindsight. People were offended by way more stuff back then. What they really mean is "why can't I say hateful things about people just living their lives without people calling me trash! I liked it better back when you could beat them just for being alive".
Well, i get your point. That's the extreme. That's why I said both are valid point. Before horrible things were "ok" like racism. Right now ANY joke it's offensive even when it's not mean spirited at all. When before people could joke.
So maybe there are awful people in every generation.