I don't have a strictly defined "line", though overt racism is pretty much always past it. If you're alive and not in a mental institution today, then I don't

I don't have a strictly defined "line", though overt racism is pretty much always past it. If you're alive and not in a mental institution today, then I don't feel bad judging you by the same standards as everyone else. If an 80 year old says something racist or sexist, I really don't care if that stuff was acceptable when they were 15: it's not acceptable now. Based on what you described of your parents, I wouldn't call them nuts just based on that. ETA: I'd like to clarify a bit; even though I don't agree with your parents in this example, and I think they're wrong, being wrong doesn't imply "nut". I guess I view it as a matter of degree. I think overt racism is way worse than being a bit wrong about what minimum wage should be, and while, as I said, I don't have a strict line, the line does more or less exist.