What we have going on now is not in any way of back then.

This is completely different and troubled.

Back then we hated Nazis. Trump now, embraces them. Putin is a Nazi now.

another speed trap in the southern wilderness.

Aunt Bea was too nice to have anything to do with MAGA.

We already know which side of the political fence Opie landed on, and it wasn't MAGA.

Goober Pyle was definitely a MAGA deplorable.

And I gotta bet Floyd is a fascist.

And did Otis vote for Hillary? How about Emmett? He seems classic sheeple. And Surprise! Surprise! Surprise! Gomer doesn't strike me as a political sophisticate.

His wise ways would have persuaded any MAGA fools in Mayberry lol to change or move on down the road,

See the episode The Guitar Player
He would choose when he wanted to enforce certain laws whether he liked you or not.
Like if you were a peddler he liked he'd let you keep selling.
He was a bad sheriff

Opie got his revenge, however, by going on to become an Academy Award winning director.

Oh so many reruns. Will I ever get tired of the reruns? I'm borderline obsessed with the reruns Don't cha know?

Maybe the town of Mt Airy, aka Mayberry, is more liberal than the county.

Very conservative. They will probably go for Trump again.

into doing the right thing.