Blame hippies Sixties counterculture eroded moral foundations of society

Calgary Sun ^ | Sun, December 26, 2004 | By Paul Jackson -- Calgary Sun

[zzen01]

My scholarly friend Herb Meyer contends the American Revolutionary War was the greatest intellectual event in western civilization, not simply because the British were beaten, but rather it determined God's power flowed to the people and not to the kings.

With that, insists Meyer, the rule of law and the concept of individual rights were born.

[Humidston]

Here it is... Finally, someone (Herb Meyer) who puts it all into words. He's saying so eloquently what those of us in the '60's warned of and feared.

See also http://www.canoe.ca/NewsStand/Columnists/Calgary/Paul_Jackson/2004/12/12/778557.html

I know what I'm buying my kids and grandkids right now!

[JennysCool]

Governance is always generational, and they are the generation in power at the moment. The environmental movement ("Global Warming"), the anti-war movement and the scourge of political correctness are what endanger us as a nation -- all the DIRECT RESULT of the '60s - early '70s generation grown up into positions of power.

[1_Inch_Group]

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[M. Espinola]

[durasell]

Look at the White House and Congress. I would say there are few hardcore hippies in political power. But I get your point, you're talking (I think) about activists who are just much more noisy now than in the past. As for political correctness, it's fading fast. And from what I can see, it's strongest footholds are in organizations and not in everyday life. Non-politically correct entertainments are hugely popular. Despite it's annoying aspects, rap/hip-hop are hugely politically incorrect. There's also a comic on cable television (can't remember his name) who is a protege of Mel Brooks who also makes a point of being politically incorrect.

[Helms]

"We call it "Political Correctness." The name originated as something of a joke, literally in a comic strip, and we tend still to think of it as only half-serious. In fact, it’s deadly serious. It is the great disease of our century, the disease that has left tens of millions of people dead in Europe, in Russia, in China, indeed around the world. It is the disease of ideology. PC is not funny. PC is deadly serious. If we look at it analytically, if we look at it historically, we quickly find out exactly what it is. Political Correctness is cultural Marxism. It is Marxism translated from economic into cultural terms. It is an effort that goes back not to the 1960s and the hippies and the peace movement, but back to World War I. If we compare the basic tenets of Political Correctness with classical Marxism the parallels are very obvious. "-Bill Lind .

[Helms]

[Da Bilge Troll]

It didn't start in the 1960's!

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1298049/posts

[Victoria Delsoul]

The hippie movement spurned all that centuries of western civilization had spent building and safeguarding. Hippies rejected material success, and military strength. They loathed the consumer society, and the moral values of the day.

It really was sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll with no thought to the consequences of where their actions would take them.

And from that movement we got politicians, government officials, judges, and peaceniks. The peaceniks are the new version of hippies that aides and abates radical Islamic terrorism.

[Chode]

Y'know, back in outer space, we used to drink - a lot! We used to take all kinds of kick-ass drugs and we showed blatant disrespect for any authority figures. Little did we know... we were undermining our entire value system.

GWAR - "The Obliteration Of Flab Quarv 7"

[wingnut1971]

Hi.

Please add me to the Gen-X ping list please.

BTW, "Free State of NJ"??? I lived in Ringwood for 10 years and moved back to God's Country (northern MI) last year. Upstate NY must be really bad if you have lower taxes in NJ.

Thanks,
Vaughn

[ExSoldier]

The peaceniks are the new version of hippies that aides and abates radical Islamic terrorism.

The final refuge of the globalist-communist liberal has just got to be in the ranks of the rabidly stooooopid Environmental Whacko's.

Mark my words, when the antiChrist rises, his world religion will be GAIA or Earth Mother until he raises himself to god status.

Right now, the public schools are prepping kids for this. Earth Day in the public schools (especially elementary and middle school levels) exceeds by far the impact of Christmas for Administration support. Next comes United Nations Day and all the little kids decorate the doors of homeroom with international murals and get to dress up as someone of another nationality. Guess which nation is conspicously absent? That's right, can't dress up like Uncle Sam!

Witness the LIBERAL AGENDA at work!

See my about page for further details.

[bjs1779]

Remember the song that went "if you can't be with the one you love, love the one you're with?" I told my daughter a long time ago that that song was one of the things that started a whole lot of moral decay

That song was almost past the fact wasn't it? Early 70's I think. Anyway, it was common knowledge with my previous generation that it was Ed Sullivan's fault for bringing the Beatles over here! : )

[Victoria Delsoul]

Scary, isn't it? People need to wake up fast to the endless attacks by the left.

See my about page for further details.

I will.

[JennysCool]

Look at the White House and Congress. I would say there are few hardcore hippies in political power ... you're talking (I think) about activists who are just much more noisy now than in the past.

The White House, no. But Congress, certainly. The "hippie" attitude -- which is basically socialism -- is EXTREMELY well-represented by people like Pelosi, Patty Murray, John Kerry, Hillary Clinton, etc. And I'm not talking about "noisy" activists, but the more insidious variety, the '60s-influenced people now infesting state legislatures, school boards, judges' chambers and, of course, the mainstream media.

[mindspy]

I believe it is 1961 thru 1982. The 1980 Presidential race was the first election I was eligible to vote in. I turned 18 that year and cast my vote for Reagan, as did all my friends. We were conservatives and resented the decay of society, lack of social structure, and above all the robbing of our innocence. By the time I got to Jr. High these jerks were teaching and preaching their decadent lifestyles. It was a mess, I liken it to growing up in a void.

[durasell]

John Kerry and Hillary Clinton were hippies?

Wait...I think we need to re-define our terms here. Do you mean influenced by the 60s or full out, love, peace and actually buying Ravi Shankar records, black light hippies?

[conservlib]

Actually my take on this is the media was supporting the hippies, and the Vietnam war opposition movements. They insulted our military and called them fascists. Hence, the public, like gullible sheep follwed, hating the military and trusting the media. The opposite is correct today.

[Little Bill]

My Grandfather said that the Constitution is a God given document and that it will be attacked by those that hate freedom.

To be free is to stand as an equal and express your political opinion, whether you are rich or poor, and have the people vote whether you are right or wrong.

[Victoria Delsoul]

Amen. Well said.

By the way, I laughed when I read this on your profile page: "Dedicated to the destruction of the rat party."