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To: Responsibility2nd
“They went to Canada or European countries to escape being drafted into military services. [MANY DID] Many young people turned to drugs and immoral lifestyles [PROBABLY MOST]; these youth became known as hippies. They went without bathing, wore dirty, ragged, unconventional clothing, and deliberately broke all codes of politeness or manners. [MOST DID] Rock music played an important part in the hippie movement and had great influence over the hippies. [AND STILL DOES] Many of the rock musicians they followed belonged to Eastern religious cults or practiced Satan worship.” [VERY TRUE FOR '60-'70's]

Other than being guilty of generalizations, I don't see anything here that's untrue at all.

14 posted on 03/08/2013 1:15:31 PM PST by DesertSapper (Becoming more libertarian by the day)
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To: DesertSapper

The problem is that far too many Americans today do not understand the distinction between all, many, most.

All statements here are objectively factual, with possible exception that “many,” unlike “most” and “all” is an undefined term. Does it mean 10% or 40%?

Which might tie into whether the last statement is factually true. However, even it says, “Many of the rock musicians they followed belonged to Eastern religious cults OR practiced Satan worship.” More the first than the second, I suspect.

BTW, I have long believed that the quickest way to separate the right from the left is opinion towards “the 60s.” Everybody knows what is meant by this term. Were the 60s a net good or a net evil for America and the world? IMO a very definite net evil, but many liberals still pine for what they perceive as those longlost days of peace and love.


22 posted on 03/08/2013 1:22:17 PM PST by Sherman Logan
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