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CTyankee

(68,171 posts) Sun Sep 21, 2014, 03:54 PM Sep 2014

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The "dirty hippies" will be proven right...again... [View all]

I remember the antiwar marches during the Vietnam War. I wasn't a hippie but I was another mother for peace. Didn't matter...we were all a bunch of hippies or unrealistic peaceniks who didn't understand the domino theory and were "soft on communism."

And we were proven right.

I remember the marches against the Iraq War. Well, we just didn't get it, did we? Saddam had WMD's and was responsible for 9/11. Condi Rice with her smoking gun turning into a mushroom cloud. We carried signs "Bush lied and people died." We were being naive, we didn't know what BUsh knew...

And we were proven right.

I want to ask: how many times do we have to be proved right before the PTB stop telling us we're so stupid and wrong?

But I guarantee we'll get up tomorrow morning and hear the same garbage about the climate change marchers.

Bunch of dirty hippies...

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The "dirty hippies" will be proven right...again... [View all] CTyankee Sep 2014 OP

Recommend! morningfog Sep 2014 #1

And Paul Krugman was warning about the housing bubble a year before the market crash... CTyankee Sep 2014 #4

Just got a notice about my property value from the county auditor. Erich Bloodaxe BSN Sep 2014 #35

huh? you are comparing apples to orangutans. Schema Thing Sep 2014 #2

what? I'm not getting your point here...explain...please... CTyankee Sep 2014 #6

... freshwest Sep 2014 #64

OP is comparing two foolish wars for profit with the current one to topple Assad. grahamhgreen Sep 2014 #68

This has been posted before, but it's worth posting again Electric Monk Sep 2014 #3

word.. G_j Sep 2014 #46

when we give the military 600 BILLION dollars a year, we should expect perpetual war spanone Sep 2014 #5

That should be cut in half with the other half used for social spending. Think of all the people Louisiana1976 Sep 2014 #41

I can't remember the quote but... tecelote Sep 2014 #75

But THIS time it's DIFFERENT!!!11 RedCappedBandit Sep 2014 #7

One thing the hippies had, to make a statement, was becoming Cleita Sep 2014 #8

You're right, Cleita ReRe Sep 2014 #17

Not all of them went to Canada. zeemike Sep 2014 #20

Ted Nugent comes to mind n/t calikid Sep 2014 #71

Yes we will. democrank Sep 2014 #9

Kicked and recommended a whole bunch! Enthusiast Sep 2014 #10

Not to be nit-picky, but....I'm reading an excellent book which explains that the Anti-VN War pro- WinkyDink Sep 2014 #11

I was using the term hippy ironically, as the other side characterized us... CTyankee Sep 2014 #19

I'm just a fan of that book so far! Re, radicalized: This was my sophomore year: WinkyDink Sep 2014 #54

the hippie movement was well under way in the early sixties. WHEN CRABS ROAR Sep 2014 #24

The hippie movements origins are fascinating AngryAmish Sep 2014 #44

Its "moment" was 1967. Anyway, the book is fascinating. WinkyDink Sep 2014 #51

we'll be proven right but the PTB will never admit it. Doctor_J Sep 2014 #12

We weren't proven right. The whole point of war is so that rich people can get richer. valerief Sep 2014 #13

Shoutin' all about love... malthaussen Sep 2014 #14

The PTB - That Is - The Oligarchs, Corporations And Banks - The 1% - Will Never cantbeserious Sep 2014 #15

Sadly, where I grew up many of the dirty hippies have either turned into religious nuts or corporate Tikki Sep 2014 #16

And I was one of them common sensers ReRe Sep 2014 #21

Some of the bravest people I have ever witnessed were the hippies standing up to... Tikki Sep 2014 #30

They had guts, Tikki ReRe Sep 2014 #36

It was those convictions that is making pot legal today. WHEN CRABS ROAR Sep 2014 #83

Wow, you are so right. Religious, or hacks, or both. Curmudgeoness Sep 2014 #33

"dirty" hippies? OldHippieChick Sep 2014 #60

I was responding to the original post..that was the wording there...I am talking about my reality, Tikki Sep 2014 #61

I read your post again. OldHippieChick Sep 2014 #89

I never used the word 'all'... Tikki Sep 2014 #90

Difficult to speak Thespian2 Sep 2014 #18

It's so hard now because of the beheadings of our innocent people by ISIS... CTyankee Sep 2014 #23

Good Observations Thespian2 Sep 2014 #47

Those of us who protest time and time again mistakenly think that it's about morality... RufusTFirefly Sep 2014 #22

We can't unless we have a leader who can lead a huge "wall of people" to DEMAND change and CTyankee Sep 2014 #25

I had a similar reaction RufusTFirefly Sep 2014 #29

yes, sadly. so many of us... CTyankee Sep 2014 #32

Very true. polichick Sep 2014 #28

And they will be right. Maybe it is time we tell them why we are right so many times. We remember jwirr Sep 2014 #26

Oh, some of them know and will admit it (because they have no alternatives). Some of them CTyankee Sep 2014 #31

The PTB only hear one form of protest IDemo Sep 2014 #27

I can't see a big economic revolt. People will still need to buy food and cars and their CTyankee Sep 2014 #34

Food and transportation, of course IDemo Sep 2014 #37

"Bread and circuses" just like Rome...at least that's how I see it... CTyankee Sep 2014 #39

The PTB don't care anymore... freebrew Sep 2014 #70

Right ON! cilla4progress Sep 2014 #38

I came home from Vietnam in October of '70 madokie Sep 2014 #40

thank you. I am profoundly sorry for your pain, madokie... CTyankee Sep 2014 #42

PLUS ONE, a whole bunch! Enthusiast Sep 2014 #77

K & R malaise Sep 2014 #43

Proud to be a "dirty hippy" and to have marched on Washington chervilant Sep 2014 #45

I think most of us realize Aerows Sep 2014 #48

WE get it, but how many others don't? CTyankee Sep 2014 #49

I hate to say it Aerows Sep 2014 #50

And what are they going to -DO-? Scootaloo Sep 2014 #52

No, it doesn't. And that is not what I am saying. CTyankee Sep 2014 #53

It's not a bad thing, but it does get a little tiresome Scootaloo Sep 2014 #55

OK, let's all give up. It's hopeless... CTyankee Sep 2014 #56

Slapping your own back on DU is about as useful as giving up Scootaloo Sep 2014 #57

IIRC, I didn't say "I" was proven right. I said "we" who happened to be protesting were. CTyankee Sep 2014 #67

I'm with you, CTyankee. Enthusiast Sep 2014 #78

Like me, a lot of these "dirty hippies" are still marching WHEN CRABS ROAR Sep 2014 #80

I know so well! Between the issue with my knee and lower spine I don't do a lot of marching... CTyankee Sep 2014 #82

Same thing they have always done? raouldukelives Sep 2014 #72

No PROFIT in peace. blkmusclmachine Sep 2014 #58

+1! There lies the problem. Enthusiast Sep 2014 #79

"how many times..." Until one keeps the assets and becomes the PTB. Until then, it jtuck004 Sep 2014 #59

TPTB simply will not allow impertinences such as questioning its militancy, its lust for indepat Sep 2014 #62

It doesn't matter how often we are proven right, iemitsu Sep 2014 #63

All we were EVER saying was: mountain grammy Sep 2014 #65

Not gonna happen. Even here we are treated to FlatStanley Sep 2014 #66

OK. If nobody else will do it, I will ...... marble falls Sep 2014 #69

Peace and compassion are the standard bearers and will win not every battle, but, yeah, every war. toby jo Sep 2014 #73

parallel universe father founding Sep 2014 #74

WWII was the last justified war. santamargarita Sep 2014 #76

Say what? 99th_Monkey Sep 2014 #81

You had to be there. marble falls Sep 2014 #84

I was. ~nt~ 99th_Monkey Sep 2014 #85

I'd go back, at my age now and not twenty five. Good times. marble falls Sep 2014 #86

I don't remember all that much 99th_Monkey Sep 2014 #87

Dates and chronology float around, just abig schmear for '68/'72 due to psychedelics - but the .... marble falls Sep 2014 #88