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Any posters around that remember the Vietnam era?
Posted on 8/23/17 at 8:06 am
Posted on 8/23/17 at 8:06 am
I'm curious if the social landscape today rivals what went on back then. I know it was all peace and love back then, I get that...but can someone gives us an idea the difference between the two?
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Posted on 8/23/17 at 8:08 am to Prominentwon
If I had to guess, most of the protestors back then were probably employed.
Additionally, we weren't in Vietnam to win. We were fighting an Obama type war but the casualties were much higher.
Additionally, we weren't in Vietnam to win. We were fighting an Obama type war but the casualties were much higher.
Posted on 8/23/17 at 8:10 am to Prominentwon
Zach remembers the Revolution
Posted on 8/23/17 at 8:11 am to JuiceTerry
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Zach remembers the Revolution
Hell, Zach remembers the Evolution of apes into man.
Posted on 8/23/17 at 8:12 am to Prominentwon
I was a little kid, but my recollection of that era's protests was that we didn't see much of any of that in the BR, and neither did we see many hippies in general. I do remember driving down past LSU once with my uncle in his truck and laughing at the guy with long hair carrying a purse.
Posted on 8/23/17 at 8:18 am to Prominentwon
Most of the protesters were interested in the scene.
Drugs, sex, and music. It was cool to be counter culture.
Think concert, picnic, camping, drugs, and pickup opportunities all in one weekend.
After the draft stopped most went on to get jobs and raise entitled children.
Drugs, sex, and music. It was cool to be counter culture.
Think concert, picnic, camping, drugs, and pickup opportunities all in one weekend.
After the draft stopped most went on to get jobs and raise entitled children.
Posted on 8/23/17 at 8:18 am to Prominentwon
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I'm curious if the social landscape today rivals what went on back then. I know it was all peace and love back then, I get that...but can someone gives us an idea the difference between the two?
Wrong. Bill Ayer/Angela Davis/Black Panthers were terrorists of the Islamists sort; they served an organized campaign which included the BOMBING of Police Stations. And the massacre at Kent State sent things/feelings off the charts.
That said, we are moving toward that direction. The attempted assassination of Scalise was a bellwether. The sentiments and passions are there, with the Statue scenario being indicative.
Bottom line...it'll get a lot worse before it gets better. Glad to have a 'pit bull' behind the 'Desk'.
Posted on 8/23/17 at 9:43 am to Prominentwon
I remember. The protesters were not paid and didn't hide their faces back then. They were fighting for a cause. They were against a war that was killing thousands of our young men and that we didn't seem to have the will to win. In general they were less violent, although there was some violence. They were deemed radicals by the main stream media. It was a lot different.
Posted on 8/23/17 at 10:17 am to Prominentwon
To heck with the Vietnam Protesters!
Let's keep it real by repping The Symbionese Liberation Army!
General Field Marshal Cinque! Comrade Tania !
Violent Leftist revolutionaries who committed bank robberies, political assassinations and kidnappings of newspaper heiresses!
They went out in a blaze of glory in an automatic weapons gun battle with the Fascist Police!
SLA
FREE TANIA!
Resident ANTIFA supporters, what are you waiting for? The Liberation is at hand.
A description of the brave Resistance Action of the People's Army of the SLA.
Let's keep it real by repping The Symbionese Liberation Army!
General Field Marshal Cinque! Comrade Tania !
Violent Leftist revolutionaries who committed bank robberies, political assassinations and kidnappings of newspaper heiresses!
They went out in a blaze of glory in an automatic weapons gun battle with the Fascist Police!
SLA
FREE TANIA!
Resident ANTIFA supporters, what are you waiting for? The Liberation is at hand.
A description of the brave Resistance Action of the People's Army of the SLA.
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After several more attempts to get anyone else to leave the house, a member of the SWAT team fired tear gas projectiles into the house. This was answered by heavy bursts of automatic gunfire, and a violent gun battle began. The police were firing semi-automatic AR-15 and AR-180 rifles. The SLA members were armed with M1 Carbines, which had been converted to fully automatic fire. Police also reported that the SLA had created homemade grenades from 35mm film canisters, and had thrown them at responding officers.
This post was edited on 8/23/17 at 10:21 am
Posted on 8/23/17 at 10:28 am to Prominentwon
Not yet
Protest in the sixties occassionslly were so large the national guard was called up
This is amateur hour compared to then
Protest in the sixties occassionslly were so large the national guard was called up
This is amateur hour compared to then
Posted on 8/23/17 at 10:41 am to PsychTiger
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Hell, Zach remembers the Evolution of apes into man.
Too bad this didn't happen to all apes
Posted on 8/23/17 at 10:51 am to Champagne
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Let's keep it real by repping The Symbionese Liberation Army!
Just got done reading American Heiress about the SLA and the Hearst kidnapping.
Posted on 8/23/17 at 10:53 am to 14&Counting
Kid in one of my classes, her brother was KIA. I vaguely remember my uncle leaving to join guard duty when he was in college
Posted on 8/23/17 at 10:58 am to Prominentwon
The man in the black pajamas dude....worthy fricking adversary.
Posted on 8/23/17 at 11:04 am to Prominentwon
Yes, I remember and the difference this time is I'm on the other side.
Posted on 8/23/17 at 11:16 am to Prominentwon
Yes, the protests were large. Sometimes violent. My father was career naval officer. We used to go to Ft. Meade and Annapolis for doctors, PX etc....
The kill count the media displayed every night on TV and the video footage is what was most damning for the government, yet the govt started it by believing if they made the large discrepancy in kills well known, more people would be behind the effort.
Crazy times, especially right after the MLK and B Kennedy assassinations and Civil Rights marches.
The kill count the media displayed every night on TV and the video footage is what was most damning for the government, yet the govt started it by believing if they made the large discrepancy in kills well known, more people would be behind the effort.
Crazy times, especially right after the MLK and B Kennedy assassinations and Civil Rights marches.
Posted on 8/23/17 at 11:27 am to Prominentwon
I was born in 61' so I was in Elementary School during that era.
If you want to see the difference in the Police tactics against protesters just look at the 68' DNC in Chicago.
The Police cracked skulls outside in the streets while the Convention was going on inside.
If you want to see the difference in the Police tactics against protesters just look at the 68' DNC in Chicago.
The Police cracked skulls outside in the streets while the Convention was going on inside.
Posted on 8/23/17 at 12:31 pm to Prominentwon
1968 was a very bad an violent year, we are almost there
Posted on 8/23/17 at 12:46 pm to Prominentwon
Well, what do you want to know specifically? Some random stuff:
Pro VN War and Anti VN War was not as clearly a liberal/conservative issue as today's mess. Many people were conservative but were unconvinced that we had any business in VN.
The support/opposition to the war varied through the years. It started with a lot of support because we thought it would go quickly. This eroded.
Not every young person was a peace/love/hippy. Most young people registered for the draft and if you were selected you went.
Very few ran off to Canada, blew their toe off or claimed to be a homo.
Some really great rock music was recorded during VN.
Pro VN War and Anti VN War was not as clearly a liberal/conservative issue as today's mess. Many people were conservative but were unconvinced that we had any business in VN.
The support/opposition to the war varied through the years. It started with a lot of support because we thought it would go quickly. This eroded.
Not every young person was a peace/love/hippy. Most young people registered for the draft and if you were selected you went.
Very few ran off to Canada, blew their toe off or claimed to be a homo.
Some really great rock music was recorded during VN.
This post was edited on 8/23/17 at 12:48 pm
Posted on 8/23/17 at 1:23 pm to Prominentwon
I was in the army in the early 70's and when we left the post to go out we were treated with contempt by the majority of town folk. I remember being on the highway headed home with my uniform on and my duffle bag in hand, hitchhiking. Seemed like hours before an elderly gentleman gave me a ride. Big difference in the attitude of non-military folks toward soldiers now. Good for them!
This post was edited on 8/23/17 at 1:26 pm
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