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Turned 63 years last week and have witnessed dramatic
Posted on 4/10/19 at 10:35 pm
Posted on 4/10/19 at 10:35 pm
changes across America in my six plus decades, some good - some bad - some with good intentions resulting in less than desirable outcomes. Lived through the Vietnam War, Woodstock, Civil Rights movement, assassination of JFK, Watergate, mankind on the moon, tremendous technological advances, as well as how we purchase items.
Politics in America today is beyond embarrassment and statesmanship has left the house. Relationships are as disposable as a handiwipe - in the womb as well as outside the womb ---- homicides, abortions, marriages, etc. A sense of community has been forgotten given our mobility. We reduce and dehumanize one another by labeling those with whom we disagree.
I have come to develop more prejudices and biases as I have aged. Life is still black and white but not quite as black and white use to be. I try to be honest about myself knowing I can be most selfish and unkind but also reasonable and helpful.
I prefer to "judge" myself and others along the lines of character and doing so crosses over all types of boundaries - ethnic, sexual preference, religious, general civility and the likes. Is this the best way to approach the plurality of today's America? I honestly don't know but it sure seems to be the better part of the ground to stand upon.
Politics in America today is beyond embarrassment and statesmanship has left the house. Relationships are as disposable as a handiwipe - in the womb as well as outside the womb ---- homicides, abortions, marriages, etc. A sense of community has been forgotten given our mobility. We reduce and dehumanize one another by labeling those with whom we disagree.
I have come to develop more prejudices and biases as I have aged. Life is still black and white but not quite as black and white use to be. I try to be honest about myself knowing I can be most selfish and unkind but also reasonable and helpful.
I prefer to "judge" myself and others along the lines of character and doing so crosses over all types of boundaries - ethnic, sexual preference, religious, general civility and the likes. Is this the best way to approach the plurality of today's America? I honestly don't know but it sure seems to be the better part of the ground to stand upon.
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Posted on 4/10/19 at 10:40 pm to wfallstiger
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Vietnam War, Woodstock, Civil Rights movement, assassination of JFK, Watergate, mankind on the moon,
Your voting years started in the late 70s. All those historic events you remember because you read about them... jfk assassination
How was disco and the 80s baw?
This post was edited on 4/10/19 at 10:44 pm
Posted on 4/10/19 at 10:47 pm to RIPMachoMan
I remember exactly where I was the day JFK was assassinated as well as RFK, MLK, thank you very much.
As for Vietnam Nam, registered for the Selective Service...I have a pretty decent memory, beatniks, hippies, yippies, etc. but I do appreciate you trying to keep me on the straight but I'm good.
As for Vietnam Nam, registered for the Selective Service...I have a pretty decent memory, beatniks, hippies, yippies, etc. but I do appreciate you trying to keep me on the straight but I'm good.
Posted on 4/10/19 at 10:48 pm to wfallstiger
Congrats on the 63rd Bday Brother... nice milestone!
In regards to handling plurality, each of us choose our own methods. I used to be caught up in the rat race and all the varying folks that came along with it, but decided to take a more private route at age 50. I moved to a remote County in farm country, started homesteading, and basically confined myself to this small rural community.
So I guess you could say I decided to be a semi-isolationist. I still travel when I want, and to make $ to get by on... but I mostly avoid people. I find life to be much better being around my pack of dogs, focusing on my faith, and being a Watchman on this American mess from afar.
Many will downvote my approach, but it works well for me. Haven't slept this great since I was an infant. There's alot to be said for hunting, fishing, gardening, and praying whenever I want...
*Edited for grammar*
In regards to handling plurality, each of us choose our own methods. I used to be caught up in the rat race and all the varying folks that came along with it, but decided to take a more private route at age 50. I moved to a remote County in farm country, started homesteading, and basically confined myself to this small rural community.
So I guess you could say I decided to be a semi-isolationist. I still travel when I want, and to make $ to get by on... but I mostly avoid people. I find life to be much better being around my pack of dogs, focusing on my faith, and being a Watchman on this American mess from afar.
Many will downvote my approach, but it works well for me. Haven't slept this great since I was an infant. There's alot to be said for hunting, fishing, gardening, and praying whenever I want...
*Edited for grammar*
This post was edited on 4/10/19 at 11:08 pm
Posted on 4/10/19 at 10:52 pm to wfallstiger
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remember exactly where I was the day JFK was assassinated as well as RFK, MLK, thank you very much.
At 6 (roughly) you remember that day and where you were? Genuinely?
That’s impressive. Most of my memories of that age are from family stories
Posted on 4/10/19 at 10:53 pm to RIPMachoMan
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All those historic events you remember because you read about them... jfk assassination
The laugh's on you dude. If you can't remember something as drastic as an assassination when you're seven years old that says a lot about you.
Posted on 4/10/19 at 10:55 pm to OnTheGeaux
Thank you and your chosen path makes perfect sense to me. Life in metro areas has much to offer but so does rural living and I can appreciate your sentiment...no downvote here.
Our town is no more than 100,000 and is plain Jane - which suits me. So, enjoy the beauty and tranquility of where you reside and the lifestyle she offers.
Our town is no more than 100,000 and is plain Jane - which suits me. So, enjoy the beauty and tranquility of where you reside and the lifestyle she offers.
Posted on 4/10/19 at 10:56 pm to Homesick Tiger
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If you can't remember something as drastic as an assassination when you're seven years old that says a lot about you.
Yea, that you’re a young child obviously. Maybe you remember the stories you tell people that your folks told you about that day. No shot
Posted on 4/10/19 at 10:58 pm to wfallstiger
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I remember exactly where I was the day JFK was assassinated as well as RFK, MLK, thank you very much.
Daycare?
Posted on 4/10/19 at 10:59 pm to RIPMachoMan
Yes I do but I think the saddest day for me was 9/11, driving home from work, passing a handful of kids playing ball and thinking 'how your world and lives have changed and you have no idea'
Posted on 4/10/19 at 11:01 pm to wfallstiger
I was in the sixth grade for 9/11. Came in the halls after PE and all the teachers were crying in the halls. We piled in my history teachers class and saw the second plane hit. I can’t visually see it in my memory but I remember seeing it if that makes sense.
Posted on 4/10/19 at 11:03 pm to finchmeister08
Westgate Elementary, first grade, Maine Avenue, Kenner, across the street from Saint Lawrence.
Cafeteria lady shouting, 'in the can, not on the floor' as we emptied our trays in large aluminum trash cans.
Don't think we had daycare back then!!!
I forgot, Disco was okay but was partial to Motown
Cafeteria lady shouting, 'in the can, not on the floor' as we emptied our trays in large aluminum trash cans.
Don't think we had daycare back then!!!
I forgot, Disco was okay but was partial to Motown
This post was edited on 4/10/19 at 11:05 pm
Posted on 4/10/19 at 11:03 pm to wfallstiger
Couple of questions....since you have lived through a few decades..
1. Do you think as you get older that your beliefs and patience with politics has changed over time and could have a lot to do with what you think of the landscape today? In layman’s terms, do you think it’s more “get off my lawn!” or times today is legitimately you’ve never seen before and it worries you?
2. How does the protest landscape today compare to the Vietnam protesting back then?
1. Do you think as you get older that your beliefs and patience with politics has changed over time and could have a lot to do with what you think of the landscape today? In layman’s terms, do you think it’s more “get off my lawn!” or times today is legitimately you’ve never seen before and it worries you?
2. How does the protest landscape today compare to the Vietnam protesting back then?
Posted on 4/10/19 at 11:04 pm to wfallstiger
Yea 9/11 was awful. Unthinkable that it could even happen.
That I get but using the early 60s as a reference for your experience of our country when you were barely out of being potty trained is a stretch my friend. You seem like a good dude but don’t try to preach when your prime was after all the significant 60s/early 70s
That I get but using the early 60s as a reference for your experience of our country when you were barely out of being potty trained is a stretch my friend. You seem like a good dude but don’t try to preach when your prime was after all the significant 60s/early 70s
Posted on 4/10/19 at 11:04 pm to OnTheGeaux
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methods. I used to be caught up in the rat race and all the varying folks that came along with it, but decided to take a more private route at age 50. I moved to remote County in farm country, started homesteading, and basically confined myself to this small rural community. So I guess you could say I decide to be a semi-isolationist. I still travel a when I want, and to make $ to get by on... but I mostly avoid people. I find life to be much better being around my pack of dogs, focusing on my faith, and being a Watchmen on this American mess from afar.
I would love to do this...I’m 46 now.
Posted on 4/10/19 at 11:06 pm to RIPMachoMan
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Maybe you remember the stories you tell people that your folks told you about that day.
I remember a hernia operation I had when I was six - and that was in 1958. Don't anybody have to tell me a story about that. Remembering events and details are two different animals.
How old are you?
Posted on 4/10/19 at 11:06 pm to wfallstiger
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Cafeteria lady shouting, 'in the can, not on the floor' as we emptied our trays in large aluminum trash cans.
What does that one memory have to do with the day jfk died? Was it that day?
Posted on 4/10/19 at 11:11 pm to Prominentwon
1) It worries me as we are into the fabric of who we say we are or are supposed to be and I don't know if we can find something big enough to bind us.
2) Protesting of the Vietnam War or that which we saw in the Civil Rights movement struck deep in our core, and rightly so. Today's seems more like 'the flavor of the week'
2) Protesting of the Vietnam War or that which we saw in the Civil Rights movement struck deep in our core, and rightly so. Today's seems more like 'the flavor of the week'
Posted on 4/10/19 at 11:11 pm to Homesick Tiger
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How old are you?
Old enough to know when an adult is stretching truth to seem wise when the development years came several years after the fact.
Number 1 hit in when this guy was 20 was “Boogie Fever”
google fact.. Posted on 4/10/19 at 11:14 pm to wfallstiger
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Protesting of the Vietnam War or that which we saw in the Civil Rights movement struck deep in our core, and rightly so. Today's seems more like 'the flavor of the week'
Because it mattered to the youth at the time.
I don’t agree with millennials today with their protests but like the protests of the Vietnam war I cant relate because I don’t relate to what matters to them.
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