It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. Overall I wished it had never happened. Especially being very impressionable during the Kennedy assassination. And then the floodgates opened wide and we’ll never go back to pre-sixty times.
Precisely, my FRiend, but also the worst of times.
For me, the 60s was high school and the USAF. But I luckily built my character and values in the 50s, and that helped me make good decisions in the 60s.
In the 60s, the Dems used the Vietnam war to grow a schism in our youth, and foment anti-authority and anti-traditional values.
I was a bit gullible at the time, believing that we could prevail in the war (which yours truly served in). As I recall the war was a Kennedy creation, maintained by Johnson.
There's some discussion in earlier posts about how Johnson was a jerk, however I would say that he's tied for the honor with JFK and Mcnamara.
I liked my youthful experiences in the 60s, even though much of the decade was easily hateful.