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k8conant

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20. Detroit had already had a riot in 1967 and

Fri Mar 11, 2016, 09:25 PM

Mar 2016

I also saw RFK at Mercy College Detroit. I even shook his hand. (Back in 1963 I had met MLK in Detroit and shook his hand). I gave up after that wanting to shake hands with anyone famous that I liked.

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A question for the oldsters. [View all] Blue_In_AK Mar 2016 OP

Yes indeed and it is hitting me in a visceral way. JFKDem62 Mar 2016 #1

I agree..... daleanime Mar 2016 #26

It was a very scary and sad decade. JFKDem62 Mar 2016 #28

Ditto ... I am relieving my feelings as a 12year old in 1968 Greywing Mar 2016 #50

YES I have the same sick feeling in the pit of my stomach. JFKDem62 Mar 2016 #54

I had very similar rage during the Nixon Cluster Fuck BigDemVoter Mar 2016 #64

No. I was a kid then but that was hard core violence and disruption inside the convention itself flamingdem Mar 2016 #2

LOL. My first thought watching this Chicago Trump riot was Chicago Dem convention 1968. crazylikafox Mar 2016 #3

Oh yea and it will get worse. leftofcool Mar 2016 #4

If my memories are anywhere near accurate, I think 1968 was uglier. CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2016 #5

I remember watching on TV, and it was awful. Blue_In_AK Mar 2016 #9

It's pretty hazy for me. CaliforniaPeggy Mar 2016 #14

I was only 9 in 1968 StandingInLeftField Mar 2016 #6

My Dad was at the 1968 Democratic convention. I remember my Mom and I watching the news and livetohike Mar 2016 #7

+ a billion leftofcool Mar 2016 #11

you bet CanisCrocinus Mar 2016 #8

I watched 1968 in TV. That was the convention. oldandhappy Mar 2016 #10

Detroit had already had a riot in 1967 and k8conant Mar 2016 #20

wow understand! oldandhappy Mar 2016 #21

You sound like my uncle. ScreamingMeemie Mar 2016 #43

I don't remember -any- candidate saying it was ok to hit protestors at rallies. HereSince1628 Mar 2016 #12

George Wallace stated his own intent to run over long haired protestors with his limo in 1968 nt PufPuf23 Mar 2016 #36

Ok, I didn't remember that, but I remember Wallace was confronted with protestors HereSince1628 Mar 2016 #38

I went to a George Wallace rally at the Cow Palace just south of San Francisco in 1968 PufPuf23 Mar 2016 #44

I remember it MuseRider Mar 2016 #13

Yes the corporate media has produced this marions ghost Mar 2016 #22

Very true. MuseRider Mar 2016 #29

The distinctive checkerboard bands on Chicago PD hats jumped off the TV at me. Stinky The Clown Mar 2016 #15

I keep hoping this isn't as bad as 1968... k8conant Mar 2016 #16

Not a whole lot (at least yet), except for the contentious atmosphere. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2016 #17

I hope not, too. Blue_In_AK Mar 2016 #23

And Grant Park. pangaia Mar 2016 #35

It is only March. malthaussen Mar 2016 #18

I am not an oldster nadinbrzezinski Mar 2016 #19

Not even close - Holly_Hobby Mar 2016 #24

True, but Blue_In_AK Mar 2016 #25

Agreed, let's hope for a peaceful ending n/t Holly_Hobby Mar 2016 #27

Nothing like 1968. Far from it unc70 Mar 2016 #30

One big difference... Wounded Bear Mar 2016 #31

Yes, I agree with that. Blue_In_AK Mar 2016 #32

Video of LBJ ad against Goldwater... Controversial convention reference. AnotherVoter Mar 2016 #33

I was a senior in high school in 1964. Blue_In_AK Mar 2016 #39

My timeline began... deathrind Mar 2016 #34

I like what I see with the Dems, not like 68. longship Mar 2016 #37

Yes, Mussolini much more than Hitler, I think. Blue_In_AK Mar 2016 #40

I've noticed that... Wounded Bear Mar 2016 #42

I lived 2 blocks from the International Amphitheater xloadiex Mar 2016 #41

No. The 68 campaign season saw the MURDER of two prominent progressives madinmaryland Mar 2016 #45

I wasn't thinking specifically of the Democrats, Blue_In_AK Mar 2016 #48

The same old play. Octafish Mar 2016 #46

I was only 8 but remember seeing the violence on the tv news. Dont call me Shirley Mar 2016 #47

Absolutely. Here on DU today there was a video call The jwirr Mar 2016 #49

The protests back then did not serve the left well IMO The empressof all Mar 2016 #51

Read the Moveon statement, it had to be done and it is our duty flamingdem Mar 2016 #52

But don't you think that people realize Blue_In_AK Mar 2016 #53

No.... The empressof all Mar 2016 #55

Some similarities (rising tension and tempers), but also vast differences-- JohnnyLib2 Mar 2016 #56

Anybody read "The Drifters" by James Michner? Cleita Mar 2016 #57

I'm still trying to finish Michener's "Alaska." Blue_In_AK Mar 2016 #59

I get you. He really writes encyclopedic tomes. Cleita Mar 2016 #62

As an oldster, I can tell you that this is frightening to me. I remember the sixties well Tess49 Mar 2016 #58

Yes liberal N proud Mar 2016 #60

Except for Wallace. Blue_In_AK Mar 2016 #61

I may have blocked him out liberal N proud Mar 2016 #63

There was a lot of violence in 1968 and LiberalElite Mar 2016 #65