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walkingman

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11. Born in 1950, I saw some horrible things in the 60s civil rights era, was beaten with

Thu Sep 4, 2025, 12:01 AM

Sep 2025

a billy club by a cop simply because I had long hair in 72, crazy economic times in the 70s, , 80s dominated by a senile actor, watched Christianity take over politics in the 90s (Falwell and Newt Gingrich, and since 2000 the US has been in big time decline.

The biggest difference these days is news 24/7 and social media. Back in the day we usually watched the evening news or read a newspaper. These days it is a constant bombardment of propaganda and indoctrination. Sucks.

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Were times ever saner in your life? [View all] EnergizedLib Sep 2025 OP

1990s writerJT Sep 2025 #1

I was a small child, born early '90s EnergizedLib Sep 2025 #3

I mean I'd say no ITAL Sep 2025 #2

Recommended. H2O Man Sep 2025 #4

I was just thinking about how nuts things were in the '60s and early '70s. Ocelot II Sep 2025 #5

Maybe not, but we've never had a ruskie asset in WH SheltieLover Sep 2025 #6

Times were saner when Biden was president. At least there was some sanity from the Executive Office SharonAnn Sep 2025 #7

The White House and the office of the President was saner EnergizedLib Sep 2025 #8

Ya know...there has always been conflict FalloutShelter Sep 2025 #9

I was born in the 50s edbermac Sep 2025 #10

Born in 1950, I saw some horrible things in the 60s civil rights era, was beaten with walkingman Sep 2025 #11

OMG the moon landing Skittles Sep 2025 #15

yeah...you are "normal"...the rest of the world is... ret5hd Sep 2025 #12

4-5 year intervals no_hypocrisy Sep 2025 #13

I'm an Xennial (born in '77) r�is�n_dubh Sep 2025 #14

The Election of '72 was my first political memory ... SomewhereInTheMiddle Sep 2025 #16

The 90s, or between the Gulf War and September 11th, were nice. Tommy Carcetti Sep 2025 #17