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43. how would you define "older"?

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Question for the older generation.... [View all] OceanEcosystem Feb 2013 OP

not in my lifetime Cooley Hurd Feb 2013 #1

Do you not remember 1968?!? BOBBY WAS ASSASSINATED! And in '72 WALLACE WAS SHOT! WinkyDink Feb 2013 #5

I don't, unfortunately. You're talking about politics, though, and I think the OP was asking about.. Cooley Hurd Feb 2013 #11

Actually, I was referring to politics. n/t OceanEcosystem Feb 2013 #13

Oh. I thought you meant how government is operating... Cooley Hurd Feb 2013 #16

Do a google of the 1956 republican platform Angry Dragon Feb 2013 #2

No. Shit got crazy when they went after Clinton, imo elehhhhna Feb 2013 #3

You must be younger than 35. WinkyDink Feb 2013 #6

Like everything, it cycles. nt eilen Feb 2013 #4

The fringes have become the norms Progressive dog Feb 2013 #7

Hamilton and Burr had a deadly DUEL, fergawdsake. And does no-one recall these Dallas flyers? WinkyDink Feb 2013 #8

+1. n/t Laelth Feb 2013 #10

Well, in fairness, there was this flyer: Cooley Hurd Feb 2013 #17

Kennedy never allowed thousands of American civilians to be killed baldguy Feb 2013 #34

Not disputing the myriad of differences between 44 and 43.... Cooley Hurd Feb 2013 #41

There's a mortal difference between the JFK one and this joke. WinkyDink Feb 2013 #85

Yes, but the methods of supposed "exposure" are the same. Cooley Hurd Feb 2013 #91

WOW, I don't remember that. life long demo Feb 2013 #62

BESIDES this, JFK was warned off Dallas because Adlai AND LADY BIRD were SPAT UPON there. WinkyDink Feb 2013 #86

FDR was called "Mr Rosenfelt" marybourg Feb 2013 #9

As the others above have suggested... A HERETIC I AM Feb 2013 #12

Interesting customerserviceguy Feb 2013 #63

"instances of liberals being hateful and mean-spirited, too." hootinholler Feb 2013 #14

He's confusing today's Democrats with Liberals. RC Feb 2013 #52

How about this instance? OceanEcosystem Feb 2013 #104

Really? Had to go back to 2004 to find one? hootinholler Feb 2013 #105

Disagree. I think it was mean-spirited. OceanEcosystem Feb 2013 #106

Have American politics always been this nasty and mean-spirited? Flashmann Feb 2013 #15

Today . . . Brewinblue Feb 2013 #18

It's usually a good idea not to dictate what we can and can't say Oilwellian Feb 2013 #19

Seconded IDemo Feb 2013 #22

Yes. It's kind of hard to talk about it OnionPatch Feb 2013 #40

No (55 here) IDemo Feb 2013 #20

From politicaldictionary.com: Gidney N Cloyd Feb 2013 #21

These are the most polarized and mean-spitited times ever, and I was born in 1942. dmosh42 Feb 2013 #23

The nastiness quotient has increased. Purplehazed Feb 2013 #24

It's always been crazy, but since the Tea Party, it seems to have Frustratedlady Feb 2013 #25

Please re-read my Post #5. I'd like to know how the present is more "dangerous" than 1968. WinkyDink Feb 2013 #89

Please give examples of liberals being Zoeisright Feb 2013 #26

Try being a Southerner on DU. nolabear Feb 2013 #31

Okay... ScreamingMeemie Feb 2013 #42

BULLSHIT: "Plus, I've seen instances of liberals being hateful and mean-spirited, too." FSogol Feb 2013 #27

It was just as nasty in previous years. ananda Feb 2013 #28

The 'good ol' days' eh.... CanSocDem Feb 2013 #44

+ 1,000,000,000,000 love_katz Feb 2013 #102

It's Been Ugly, Before. But Now It's Organized And Applied, To A Whole Other Depth. Paladin Feb 2013 #29

I don't think it's any worse than it was in the past, the difference is 24 hour news and hate radio. OregonBlue Feb 2013 #30

Certainly a significant factor, but the never-ending election cycle effects what Egalitarian Thug Feb 2013 #39

Sorry, but the decades-long right wing propaganda campaign and media changes are a big part Overseas Feb 2013 #32

Would a duel to the death be considered nasty and mean spirited? oldhippie Feb 2013 #33

Always Dyedinthewoolliberal Feb 2013 #35

Yes, it's always been this way. Read some history. nt. OldDem2012 Feb 2013 #36

Politics has always been a dirty business cbrer Feb 2013 #37

It has always been nasty, but election season used to end. Egalitarian Thug Feb 2013 #38

how would you define "older"? Dan Feb 2013 #43

People who can recall how US politics used to be before, say, 1980 or 1990. N/t. OceanEcosystem Feb 2013 #45

Based on the watered down version of US History taught is schools these days.... OldDem2012 Feb 2013 #75

Though it is tempting to say OldHippieChick Feb 2013 #46

Aaron Burr vs. Alexander Hamilton for starters. graham4anything Feb 2013 #47

See Post #8 ;-) WinkyDink Feb 2013 #87

Yup! graham4anything Feb 2013 #88

It would btw, be interesting to know the round number age wise of posters graham4anything Feb 2013 #48

"Getting into politics is like stepping in dogshit." From The Motorcycle Diaries. Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2013 #49

Poor question gets poor answers. Igel Feb 2013 #50

I'm 64 aristocles Feb 2013 #51

Lucky you...one more year and you can get SS! Auntie Bush Feb 2013 #69

Can get it at 62. WinkyDink Feb 2013 #96

It was pretty bad back in the late '60s Blue_In_AK Feb 2013 #53

There have been nasty times--McCarthy Era, for example, and long before the Burr/Hamilton duel... Moonwalk Feb 2013 #54

I am also 64. It's my opinion SheilaT Feb 2013 #55

It seems that when there is plenty to go around customerserviceguy Feb 2013 #65

That's an interesting point. SheilaT Feb 2013 #71

I traced it to the Nixon era customerserviceguy Feb 2013 #73

thats what happened when democratic voters tossed LBJ the most liberal president ever, out graham4anything Feb 2013 #103

Often, but not always. bemildred Feb 2013 #56

I am 67 . It has gotten nastier. s-cubed Feb 2013 #57

I am 74 and I agree with you. n/t RebelOne Feb 2013 #67

Obama and Chomsky agree - Obama would be considered a moderate Republican bananas Feb 2013 #72

Nixon I remember a bit - he was nasty as they get, but underhanded about it bhikkhu Feb 2013 #58

"Underhanded"?! Nixon had a notorious "Enemies List"! He told Haldeman to "get me the names WinkyDink Feb 2013 #90

My 88 yr old father said never this bad. It has been bad, but not this bad ever. uppityperson Feb 2013 #59

Surely he remembers the assassinations and attempts on JFK, RFK, MLK, Wallace, Ford, Reagan? WinkyDink Feb 2013 #93

Don't call him Shirley. Yes, he does, as do I. The bi-polarization has gotten much more extreme uppityperson Feb 2013 #97

I remember during the 70's it was mean spirited, but I think life long demo Feb 2013 #60

There's a long tradition of nastiness in American politics customerserviceguy Feb 2013 #61

In the past we have not been inundated and aware of such political nastiness, thanks to lumpy Feb 2013 #64

Ooooo! I love open ended questions with 15 rules about what not to talk about!!!! lunatica Feb 2013 #66

I don't know that it has always continuously been this way, but Adsos Letter Feb 2013 #68

Good Lord, NO! nruthie Feb 2013 #70

Good lawd yes! Are_grits_groceries Feb 2013 #74

Southern conservatives were always this hateful Warpy Feb 2013 #76

umm there was a civil war at some point. i am going to guess things were more divisive then La Lioness Priyanka Feb 2013 #77

HA! THE perfect response! Thank you! WinkyDink Feb 2013 #94

There has always been treachery and cut-throat tactics in our political history, however... world wide wally Feb 2013 #78

Have you heard of the Civil War? nt HooptieWagon Feb 2013 #79

It has always been nasty Revanchist Feb 2013 #80

Anything for a Vote: Dirty Tricks, Cheap Shots, and October Surprises..... OldDem2012 Feb 2013 #81

I think it has always been like this but since we have 24/7 blanketed "news" now... WCGreen Feb 2013 #82

Imagine if mainstreetonce Feb 2013 #83

Old political Junkie's Opinion dem in texas Feb 2013 #84

Never been this bad... Bigmack Feb 2013 #92

I strenuously disagree re: "worse than the VietNam divisiveness." That is the ORIGIN of "Reagan WinkyDink Feb 2013 #95

OK, so it looks like there are more or less two schools of thought in this thread. OceanEcosystem Feb 2013 #98

We may be more aware of it, for the reasons you state Adsos Letter Feb 2013 #99

While I am not qualified to make an overall assessment... LeftishBrit Feb 2013 #100

No. Never this nasty Berlum Feb 2013 #101

I'm not sure if I count LWolf Feb 2013 #107

I was bad before but it went off the cliff with Reagan. n/t L0oniX Feb 2013 #108