Not Nearly as Daunting as the 1960s Riots

Townhall.com ^ | August 22, 2014 | Michael Barone

[shove_it]

McCarthy and Nixon taught us about the commies in America and were vilified for it.

[ansel12]

Check out this little historical footnote to remind us of the excitement during the 1960s. We don’t even remember this stuff anymore.

At 3 a.m. on July 24, (Governor George) Romney and Detroit Mayor Jerome Cavanagh called U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark and requested that federal troops be sent.
Clark indicated that to do so, Romney would have to declare a state of civil insurrection, which the governor was loath to do from fear that insurance companies would seize upon it as a reason to not cover losses due to the riot.

Elements of the 82nd and 101st U.S. Army Airborne Divisions were mobilized outside of the city. With the situation worsening, Romney told Deputy Secretary of Defense Cyrus Vance, “We gotta move, man, we gotta move.”

Near midnight on July 24, President Lyndon B. Johnson authorized thousands of paratroopers to enter Detroit. Johnson went on national television to announce his actions and made seven references to Romney’s inability to control the riot using state and local forces.

[headstamp 2]

“Bring back the draft.....you’ll see some enthusiastic mayhem.”

The “gimsmedats” of today are largely pacified now with welfare and other handouts.

Rioting is too exerting for more than a couple days.

Cut those bennies off though and all bets are off. The object of welfare is actually an attempt at pacification of the welfare class.

You will see now that rioting/wilding is usually met with calls for more “programs” these days rather than calls for law and order like in the late 60’s.

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“So why were they violent back then if there was no welfare state established yet?”

There was to a certain extent but nothing like today. The welfare state of today is actually pacifying the dependent class to a much greater extent.

This was the left’s dream. To a have a pacified perpetual dependent class that could be depended upon to keep them in office for the long haul.

It actually was a brilliant strategy. When these minor uprisings break out today, they are met for calls for more handouts by the left thus further guaranteeing loyalty by the dependent class. It’s a never ending feedback loop.

[basalt]

they were badasses....was at a house party once...bunch of kids were hangin in the front yrad, drinkin and stuff. Up rolls the Big 4 , and this one guy, had to be from thesuburbs and didnt know, walks right up to the appproaching plainclothes cop, and says “who you supposed to be”?...cop didn’t say a word, grabbed him by the shirt collar, and literally flung him over the hood of the cop car, landed right on his head. Needless to say, the party was over...lol