The most powerful man in the House doesn't like divorce

And guess when he started ranting about it?

Old cranky cons have been bitching about this for nearly as long as I can remember. Hell, the Birchers probably claimed it was a Communist plot, just like every other social change for the better.

I think more prominent wingnuts are now saying the misogynist stuff out loud, and with a platform - and not getting shut down/filtered by others now, is all. They don't have to meet in small groups IRL or stand on the corner handing out pamphlets any more.