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DevonRex

(22,541 posts)
95. Not at all. If people march for voting rights it will. LGBTs stood strong and changed America.
Thu Jul 11, 2013, 07:57 PM
Jul 2013

But it's not over yet. They'll continue to fight.

But nothing will ever feel like it did then. The body counts every night on the news. Kids arguing with their parents over war and drugs and clothes and music and life and love and everything. Women wanting to work, burning bras. Boys not wanting to die for nothing, burning draft cards. Other boys dying for nothing. Others fighting because they couldn't make someone else go in their place. Always the protests. And flowers. And music. Always the music that meant something.

So, no. It doesn't feel like that.

No. virgogal Jul 2013 #1
I agree. There was a feeling of anticipation and hope back then. nt Mojorabbit Jul 2013 #40
"There was a feeling of anticipation and hope back then"... awoke_in_2003 Jul 2013 #71
What He Said RobinA Jul 2013 #133
For me, it's more like the frustration of the Carter years - hedgehog Jul 2013 #2
Feels more like the twilight years of the USSR, slowly the conditions getting harsher Katashi_itto Jul 2013 #33
It was the Cold War KT2000 Jul 2013 #46
I agree Katashi_itto Jul 2013 #47
If things continue in their present form, Unknown Beatle Jul 2013 #84
To say nothing about the secret off-budget programs. How many billions there? We'll never know. AAO Jul 2013 #94
Yes, I think that's on target. Jackpine Radical Jul 2013 #96
Nahhh---we have Netflix now and Xbox... trumad Jul 2013 #3
No, not really. HappyMe Jul 2013 #4
No. DURHAM D Jul 2013 #5
That's a joke right? Maximumnegro Jul 2013 #9
No, I don't think so... awoke_in_2003 Jul 2013 #72
How is it a joke? truedelphi Jul 2013 #115
i know for a fact they did... madrchsod Jul 2013 #18
No! Elwood P Dowd Jul 2013 #6
No. Maximumnegro Jul 2013 #7
A generational watershed may have just occurred carolinayellowdog Jul 2013 #8
i just read an piece about young folk are paying more attention because... madrchsod Jul 2013 #14
ya...i was watching a film on youtube about the airplane madrchsod Jul 2013 #10
White Rabbit and Lather... kentuck Jul 2013 #13
at 47 minutes ... looks like the Beatles on the rooftop (Let It Be sessions) napkinz Jul 2013 #67
Well it sure reminds me of the sixties! hamsterjill Jul 2013 #11
Yes, it does, and I'll tell you why. displacedtexan Jul 2013 #12
Agreed. History can repeat. CakeGrrl Jul 2013 #19
That was not my intent nor a "veiled pipe dream"... kentuck Jul 2013 #26
Ridiculous assertion marions ghost Jul 2013 #32
Your opinion. CakeGrrl Jul 2013 #52
Can we have a Great Society without war and surveillance? Seems like the Dem leadership want both. Erose999 Jul 2013 #21
In a perfect world, yes.But I'll take imperfect Dems over Repubs any day. n/t displacedtexan Jul 2013 #24
The Great Society never happened. The war took that away. upaloopa Jul 2013 #23
Revisionist? I was there, protesting the war in the streets displacedtexan Jul 2013 #27
The Electoral College put Nixon into office Art_from_Ark Jul 2013 #114
And so are you... kentuck Jul 2013 #30
no history becomes what the majority says it is upaloopa Jul 2013 #31
No we did not turn our back on a democratic president zeemike Jul 2013 #82
Not to mention, in the '68 election, you had to be 21 to vote. Fuddnik Jul 2013 #89
"Lick Dick in '72" zeemike Jul 2013 #92
I had to buy a couple of dozen. Fuddnik Jul 2013 #97
It's interesting that in the first Presidential election that 18-20-year-olds Art_from_Ark Jul 2013 #116
That and RFK very conveniently died in LA. Warren Stupidity Jul 2013 #119
Hell no! Half the people on DU support giving away upaloopa Jul 2013 #15
Yep. (it's not about security...bummer) nt snappyturtle Jul 2013 #22
Well, if we complain too loudly about our Constitutional rights being stripped away... Maedhros Jul 2013 #81
And it ain't Social Security. Fuddnik Jul 2013 #90
This message was self-deleted by its author upaloopa Jul 2013 #15
Not a bit NoPasaran Jul 2013 #17
We can count our "friends" in the house and senate lately on one hand. And still have fingers left. Erose999 Jul 2013 #20
i was too young but were many of the DEMS far right and fascistic? boilerbabe Jul 2013 #25
There was not the split that we have today. upaloopa Jul 2013 #29
Not exactly the sixties... But there's a certain feelng in the air nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #28
I simply do not see that analogy as having anything approaching accuracy. Blackford Jul 2013 #38
The past is prologue my friend nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #42
We learn from the past. Blackford Jul 2013 #43
Ah but that's where you are wrong nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #44
I disagree completely on the current pattern Blackford Jul 2013 #45
You know...I hear more and more the distress nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #51
I am not assuming "the revolution" will involve bullets. Blackford Jul 2013 #54
Funny, yesterday I was cooling my heels nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #56
Aecdotal evidence is just that, anecdotal. Blackford Jul 2013 #57
You would not know an extreme left nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #59
I would ask that you please refrain from ad hominem attacks. tia n/t Blackford Jul 2013 #61
You mean like you did? nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #62
I did not make an ad hominem attack in any post. Blackford Jul 2013 #64
You did nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #66
I imagine that's what the Tsar and his ministers said.... socialist_n_TN Jul 2013 #102
My friend...some of the things I have been hearing in the back country nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #111
Always a judgement call nadin....... socialist_n_TN Jul 2013 #122
IMHO, NOLALady Jul 2013 #58
Hey there nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #63
I am fine, my friend. NOLALady Jul 2013 #91
1760's America or France? n/t malthaussen Jul 2013 #135
Either works. nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #136
Eh, I think France works, not so much America. malthaussen Jul 2013 #137
Here is a thought for you nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #139
Not a bad comparison at all malthaussen Jul 2013 #140
Not at all. I was not into politics in the '60s, RebelOne Jul 2013 #34
Nixon v. McGovern was in '72. I remember it well. Not the sixties. Blackford Jul 2013 #37
Me too. :( tweeternik Jul 2013 #104
No, not at all. Then there were two things we do not have now, Unity and Unifiers. 1-Old-Man Jul 2013 #35
Having lived through the late sixties, no. n/t Blackford Jul 2013 #36
Almost... it reminds me of the lead up to Watergate. Waiting For Everyman Jul 2013 #39
in the 60's a couple of kids with minimum wage jobs could have shared a flat in the village Douglas Carpenter Jul 2013 #41
Well the Republicans are taking civil rights back to the 50s felix_numinous Jul 2013 #48
Deleted by Author - I misunderstood the post I was responding to - sorry. 1-Old-Man Jul 2013 #128
No. And I hope no one gets too carried away. AllINeedIsCoffee Jul 2013 #49
you need more than coffee Skittles Jul 2013 #79
That's a real blast from the past pinboy3niner Jul 2013 #50
You got that right, brother. kentuck Jul 2013 #78
You left out disillusionment with our leaders. East Coast Pirate Jul 2013 #53
yes mstinamotorcity2 Jul 2013 #55
It reminds me of the 1910's & 20's Myrina Jul 2013 #60
I agree. Plus the viscious clampdown on dissent from the prig Woodrow Wilson. Seems byeya Jul 2013 #65
Echoing other boomer postings... The Time is Now Jul 2013 #68
I call it a dictablanda nadinbrzezinski Jul 2013 #73
And a big DU welcome to you zeemike Jul 2013 #88
"Young wolves, show us your teeth." John Steinbeck Tierra_y_Libertad Jul 2013 #69
You don't need a weatherman mwrguy Jul 2013 #70
but you need one to know when the hurricane will hit Skittles Jul 2013 #80
You ain't seen nothin' yet! DeSwiss Jul 2013 #74
If by "dawn of a revolution" I'd say yes,...HOWEVER.... Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2013 #75
The generation gap... onyourleft Jul 2013 #129
I've got another kicker for you... Spitfire of ATJ Jul 2013 #130
I agree with... onyourleft Jul 2013 #131
Honestly, that "feeling in the air" only brings one thing to mind... sbh Jul 2013 #76
For both good and ill: No, it does not. WinkyDink Jul 2013 #77
we're getting there, slowly. liberal_at_heart Jul 2013 #83
Nope. Not even close. MineralMan Jul 2013 #85
Perhaps I should have asked? kentuck Jul 2013 #86
I was. See below. I miss it. DevonRex Jul 2013 #98
If you can remember the sixties, you weren't there Fumesucker Jul 2013 #100
Not one little bit. femmocrat Jul 2013 #87
No. tavernier Jul 2013 #93
Not at all. If people march for voting rights it will. LGBTs stood strong and changed America. DevonRex Jul 2013 #95
Change will happen when the Baby Boomers die off FreeBC Jul 2013 #99
what the fuck is wrong with baby boomers? madrchsod Jul 2013 #103
You're welcome for that whole Civil Rights Movement Le Taz Hot Jul 2013 #118
Jury Results aikoaiko Jul 2013 #121
No democrank Jul 2013 #101
I was born in 1967 so I can't say burnodo Jul 2013 #105
Nixon was giving the double VICTORY signs because they got away with it. Coyotl Jul 2013 #106
Yes and no. And I was there and politically active then.... socialist_n_TN Jul 2013 #107
Speaking as someone born in 1949, I say no, not even a bit. scarletwoman Jul 2013 #108
Was there a bellbottom jeans sighting Riftaxe Jul 2013 #109
I was too young then to fully understand what was going on.., Iggo Jul 2013 #110
No. It reminds me of the early 30s when there BlueToTheBone Jul 2013 #112
No, It is Sadly Very Different. School Teacher Jul 2013 #113
world population in 1967 under 3.5 billion olddots Jul 2013 #117
Mid to late 60s, I'd say. nt bemildred Jul 2013 #120
That is pretty accurate bemildred.... socialist_n_TN Jul 2013 #123
I think that is probably the most accurate. kentuck Jul 2013 #124
I was there. I agree, more mid than late. Just warming up the engines still. bemildred Jul 2013 #125
Were people in coffee shops using the free wifi to post JoePhilly Jul 2013 #126
Nope, in fact just the opposite. Back then they actually talked to each other face to face 1-Old-Man Jul 2013 #127
No. truebluegreen Jul 2013 #132
Not even remotely PlanetBev Jul 2013 #134
A sort-of related question. malthaussen Jul 2013 #138
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