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wasupaloopa

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7. The country is more polarized as a whole but the country was equally polarized in the 70's due to
Wed May 17, 2017, 01:40 PM
May 2017

Last edited Thu May 18, 2017, 12:53 AM - Edit history (1)

the Vietnam War and all the turmoil that happened in the 60's. We had 3 assassinations and an attempted assassination along with students being killed at Kent State. We had the war and the civil rights battles and the burning cities and the police riot at the 1968 Democratic Convention along with campus unrest and sit ins.

The 70's polarization subsided but began anew starting with Reagan. The 60's and early 70's were as equally or more divisive than today in my opinion. Up until Trump we hadn't felt that the country was coming apart at the seems as we did in the 60's and 70's.

I think it is difficult for people who did not live through those times to not see them in the context of today's events.

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