FR's Memorial Wall is for DEAD Freepers; hence, they are no longer posting, so that's one contradiction right there, that you made about who knows what about 1968 and beyond, through having lived through it.
What it contradicts was your false assertion that many people on FR didn't have personal knowledge of the Marxist uprising of the 60's. Many people from FR lived through that time and some still do. So your caricature that FR is populated with with individuals with no personal knowledge of history from that time period has been proven false.
Most FREEPERS are probably BOMMERS ( that age group always was the largest group here ), but there always was and now possibly even more are very vocal Gen Xers, who like to blame the BOOMERS for all of the "bad stuff".
And why shouldn't they be blamed? Take my state of California. Boomers in the public sector unions convinced other Boomers in the state legislature to increase wages and benefits based on 'future earnings' from the California Pension fund. When the market crashed, twice: in 2000 and in 2008 the California tax payer had to pay the balance leaving municipalities bankrupt.
Hell, some cities are only incorporated now for the sole purpose of paying pension benefits. Forget about offering any other municipal services. And now the California general fund is being robbed of infrastructure money that could fix dams all so boomer public sector workers can retire at 50 and take off in their motorhome and relocate to Arizona. Gen X'ers didn't do that.
And after the market crash of 2008 and 401(k) valuations tanked guess who had to stay on and work for an extra 10 years to makeup the difference? That's right. The boomers. Leaving no upward mobility for Gen X'ers. Because they were so damned greedy they leveraged the equity in their home with second and third mortgages in order to get that new boat they wanted. Gen X'ers didn't do that. In fact they got passed over in favor of outsourcing and cheaper millennial labor. And you wonder why there is a general populist backlash against globalization and free trade?
The young adults of '68 were hardly to blame for not doing more ( though I too blame some of them, for being drawn into the early days of lefty Hippiedom/Marxism ) to stop the damned RED DIAPER BABIES; their parents were to blame for not putting a stop to it all!
I semi-agree with that. the 50's generation spoiled and ruined their kids. But I question the level of scholarship at these universities. I mean the Frankfurt School was established in 1933 in New York. Now I realize there was no internet (which goes to your point about technology), but come on who let this cultural Marxism and critical historical theory fester at Columbia for 30 years?
I suppose I should give credit where credit is due to Nixon and McCarthy and the rest of that crew for doing what they tried to do. But it ultimately failed. Nice try guys.
Oh sure, you know all about me.....NOT!
I know that you are an elderly, bitter, Eastern Establishment wannabe Manhattanite/Chicagoan GOPe woman whose claim to fame is that you learned the ins and outs of backroom politics by sitting at the feet of those Nelson Rockefeller Republicans who frequented Tammany Hall and that you were a Nixon girl. Enough detail for you?
And you don't know that "nobody" tried to stop the Marxist/COMMIE takeover; some tried to, but most didn't understand what was really going on, thought it cute, or wanted to be "cool" for/with their kids. And most of the parents of the younger group, who were stupidly led around by their collective noses, by the damned RED DIAPER BABIES, were followers of the Spockian way to raise kids, which he, himself did NOT use on his own children.
Oh I fully agree with your assessment of the Spockian method. A total disaster. But most people didn't understand because they didn't have the foresight. I guess we can chalk it up to it being a simpler age. But that's an explanation and not an excuse. But as long as your generation is willing to accept failure, we can move on to how to fix it. The younger generation can learn from your mistakes, which I think they have by taking this head on. And just maybe, those of you who are still round might have some insights. Which is why it's more important than ever that Tucker highlight this madness to kickstart some old memories.
No, the faaaaaaaaaaaar lefties and the insane libtards, who Tucker has on, is really the same thing as the MORON ON THE STREET, with one disquieting difference....the majority of the time, the guest bests Tucker, he looks like the fool, and there's always a chance that younger watchers, who have never heard of these people, let alone heard what they have to say, can be impressed by them.
If you think Tucker is being bested by these people, all I can say is your optics are off. When Tucker has people on saying its okay to commit violence to achieve a political end, then it's game over. The average American watching says, "Fine. Let's lock 'n load and get it on." You have no idea the country you're living in, safe and sound in the woods of CT. That's why your interpretation is skewed.
You blame others who didn't stop things in the past, claim that YOU and your generation will be the ones to "clean everything up", NOW, so WHAT ARE YOU DOING ABOUT IT ALL, besides having voted for Trump ?
You're right. I do blame others for their mistakes. Tragic ones. Practically nation-killing ones. We are mobilizing. We are educating ourselves about things your generation couldn't be bothered with 75 years ago. We are arming ourselves for eventual conflict. Because that is the country you left us in your ignorance and greed.
First of all, I have to ask...how many times, if ever, have you told your parents and other old relatives, how much you blame them for EVERY BAD THING?
You're obviously old enough to be part of those whom you blame for the mess and NOT any kind of part of a solution. Yes, just another contradiction, in a long list of them.
I wasn't alive 75 years ago, so blaming me for whatever you imagine I did back then is VERY funny. Also, looking backwards, with a jaundice eye, the sensibilities of 2017, and not understanding what people were thinking and worrying about, in 1942, when we were in the midst of WW II, is irrational.
When I was first learning to "count noses" and the ins and outs of politics, there was no such thing as a "ROCKEFELLER REPUBLICAN". Yest another contradictory statement on your part, as you first attempted to guesstimate my age, by far too many years and then, guess at making me younger. LOL
If you're still smarting over what was said to you during the primaries, then obviously you weren't for President Trump.
I shan't keep posting about every single contradiction and/or completely incorrect statements. You are stuck in your own little bubble and can't see what you're saying; even when you agree with what I posted.
One thing that must be said, however, is that what you claim to be doing is a lot less than those older than you did, to halt the downward spiral and still do. But perhaps you'll wake up to that, some day.
Since you claim that you are educating yourself and then spreading the facts to others, I would suggest that you at least attempt to get actual FACTS, instead of babbling on with suppositions and assumptions, which you fill your posts with, first. Also, try to at least understand that in the past, just like today, there's not a whole lot that the average person can do about many of the things you are incensed about.
Also, you need to educate yourself about crazy child rearing fads, which have existed for well over 100 years ( for the average populace; the wealthy and in Europe, throw in the aristios...it has existed for several 1oos of years ) and which still are going strong today.
Then there is the fact that most colleges and universities were NOT hotbeds of COMMIE propaganda/institutions of indoctrination, until well into the '70s.
I'm glad that you care so much, but playing the blame game won't get you anywhere. Neither will calling others names, when you are what you call others. Oh...and you must also realize that just because someone is alive at the time that something happens, doesn't mean that they really know or understand the event/s. Just a few helpful hints....