The X titles did start to tank in the late 90s and haven't recovered its greatness since then but they were a great read long before Liefeld came aboard.
The title of this thread is misleading.
I saw that title and had expectations... I was not disappointed.
“Fleeing through the labyrinths with the hordes of the living dead fast upon them;
Once again they found themselves trapped in front of the abyss.”
2000's X-Men was all about breaking the '90s and dudebros didn't think it was bad. The hate against the current era has everything to do with the fact that Krakoa shows progress and community and culture and pride. It's not a coincidence that most people who cared about X-Men because of the metaphor(or at least their fight for their rights regardless of how it paralleled to real world struggles) enjoy it, and people who just think of the X-Men as a cool superhero team like any others are against it.
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I don't think he wants the 90s back. If you want a reference, it seems he would be praising the X-Men if Cates was doing his magic on it.