BFL
Before 1967, I considered myself a Democrat, but only because my parents were Democrats. However, I had no interest in politics, which I saw as an unappealing world of stuffed shirts and smoke-filled rooms.
But I was increasingly turned off by the drug culture, sexual promiscuity and permissivism, the anti war demonstrations and leftist hooliganism on college campuses. And I increasingly disliked the pop music of the day finally ditching it entirely when I found a station that played only "oldies"--along with conservative-leaning commentary.
At the same time, I was discovering conservative thought through Russell Kirk's op-ed pieces in our local newspaper, the "Life Lines" radio commentaries sponsored by the oil magnate H. L. Hunt, and the "One Reporter's Opinion" commentaries by our local television news anchor George Putnam.
In early 1968, President Johnson's timid response to the Pueblo incident--and Governor Ronald Reagan's statesmanlike response to Johnson--made me seriously question whether I was really a Democrat, and on March 31, I declared myself a Republican.
VDH is right, of course. The hippies of the ‘60s most definitely “won.” Most if not all of their customs, habits and goals are now widely popular: drugs, sexual immorality, profanity, casual attire, disrespect for Christianity, tradition, etc. They most definitely won the battle, but will they win the war? Is the new culture sustainable? One could argue that it’s not sustainable and the main reason for that is that it is culture centered on self-gratification rather than on family. The family is the basic building block of society. Does the hippie culture of drugs, sexual immorality & disrespect promote families or damage them?
Yes. Next question?
The 1960s college radicals were a tiny sliver of youth culture
The vanguard of progressivism has always been what it is
Dominated by two religious groups
The influx of minorities slowly creating a non white nation has done their bidding
By design
I warned of this 18 years ago here and was shouted down by the neocons and bushbots who thought themselves conservative
It’s too late now
Trump is but one man and one finger in the dike
Look at Texas
Look at Florida
Look at Virginia
Look at North Carolina
Look at Georgia
We gave it all away for fear of being called racist and that includes this very forum....at least half
Plenty are still here pretending they never said what they said back then
BFL
Two tours later I got out and after only a few months this returning vet went seriously conservative and was the odd man out on campus while taking advantage of the GI bill.
Now wondering if we will have to secede from the leftists.
I wonder if leftists and the metoo mov7 will ever admit that the sexual revolution of the 60s hurt women.
I will not accept that the world changed before I was even born and that somehow leftists won. It is time to turn the tide against these horrible leftists.
JoMa
Yes. I had that figured before Clinton took office.