Before 1970, did anyone not know how a generalization works?

After 1970, you were likely to see an audience member on, say, "Donahue" leap from his chair and scream "Some!" if anyone stated that men are stronger than women. "SOME! Some men are stronger than women! Not all!"

I watch and read a lot of old stuff, and I never see evidence from before 1970 that anyone failed to understand generalizations. No one screamed, "Some!" No one had to qualify his generalization by saying, "Not all."

This corruption of our ability to understand generalizations is the mind virus no one talks about, but it needs to be destroyed.