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In reply to the discussion: David Brooks has repeatedly stated on the PBS NewsHour [View all]Warpy
(111,837 posts)The 1968 mess outside the convention started when peace & love hippies got attacked by a bunch of middle aged guys who hated college boys, especially those with "effeminate" long hair. That gave the cops the excuse they needed to go in and bust heads and do mass arrests--of the college kids and hippies, of course.
The bits and pieces of raw video that were edited together and televised scared Middle America into giving Nixon 2 terms, especially since their convention was a model of decorum. He did a huge amount of damage. I don't want to take the slightest chance of having a repeat of that mess.
You want to fuck up somebody's convention, fuck theirs up. It's going to be a mess, anyway, MAGAts clashing with the saner people who want a president who won't be sitting in courtrooms or even prison.