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In reply to the discussion: We Live In The Emotional And Economic Wreckage Of This Broken Home.... [View all]Precisely
(358 posts)26. yes it seems
the OP has overlooked the activism of the 70's and 80's. The real split didn't come until after RR.
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We Live In The Emotional And Economic Wreckage Of This Broken Home.... [View all]
The Magistrate
Sep 2013
OP
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The Magistrate
Sep 2013
#8
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#96
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Sep 2013
#35
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Sep 2013
#16
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The Magistrate
Sep 2013
#40
maybe that was the case with the white 'left'. I remember most of that time from civil rights
bigtree
Sep 2013
#73
It was long overdue. The '50s was a stifling period of conformity, racism, and materialism.
Tierra_y_Libertad
Sep 2013
#42
Lifestyle? Look, being a pompous windbag is a style, being gay or a woman is a
Bluenorthwest
Sep 2013
#43
In Attempting To Evoke A Period, Sir, One Employs The Language Of That Period
The Magistrate
Sep 2013
#53
If that is how you evoke a period, I suggest you avoid Civil War era writing.
Bluenorthwest
Sep 2013
#67
If I Were To Do That, Ma'am, I Would Use The Period's Vernacular, And Cry Damned To Any Objecting
The Magistrate
Sep 2013
#70
Here is a link to a page of quotes from Harvey Milk so folks can see how movment
Bluenorthwest
Sep 2013
#71
Frank Church, Birch Bayh and George McGovern - liberal titians from what we would now call solid
Douglas Carpenter
Sep 2013
#58
there must have been some shift of thought that focused people away from economic concerns and
Douglas Carpenter
Sep 2013
#112
You, Sir, are a poet. That is one of the most cogent and lyrical posts I've read at DU.
11 Bravo
Sep 2013
#89
There were a number of splits during that period, which the right was quick to exploit.
LongTomH
Sep 2013
#91
Please don't forget the right wing's deliberate role in that wreckage since the 1970s.
highplainsdem
Sep 2013
#111