Posted on 04/20/2008 9:37:10 PM PDT by jazusamo
Born in 1959 in a rural small community I missed the 1960’s and 70’s crap. I am glad I did.
I was always amazed by the lack of note of the obvious contradiction between wanting free sex, drugs, rock n roll, etc and admiring Castro, the Viet Cong, Mao etc. What would happen to a person who tried to live that lifestyle in Cuba, China, North Viet Nam etc? They would be in prison for sure. This was not a coherent philosophy, it was a fancy way of saying me first and adolescent silliness rolled into one.
Absolutely true..
Ouch! I love it. Fortunately a great number of boomers, especially those who went to Nam, never bought into the crap, or eventually grew out of it.
The one’s I hate the worst are those who were hippies in the 60’s and 70’s, went all Gorden Gekko in the 80’s so they could make their fortune and retire comfortably, then ran straight left to the Clinton’s in the 90’s and now are the elite trying to put their boot on the neck of us so called ‘intolerant redneck right wing racist conservatives’ today.
I’m a few years older than Bert and agree with him but those Punks have been in teaching positions in our colleges and universities for many years now. Something different I saw in the prewar vs postwar years was the rise of welfare of all types. There was little suffering of the general population...
Many of the young people were absolutely nuts during the 60’s but the shocker was so many of the elders putting up with it.
Ping...not that I really want to go down this memory lane.
I can relate, I’m not that far behind the writer in age. Two things come to mind - there was a sci-fi movie set in the future, made in the 70’s I think, with Michael York, where the world was made up of beautiful, young people living an ideal, indolent, laconic life. But...they all had this circle in the palms of their hands that activated and began flashing when they turned 30, at which time they must die (be executed an a “humane” and civil way). All very symbolic, for the times. Anyone remember the name of this flick?
The second thing that comes to mind is the old saying - When you’re 20, if you’re not a liberal, you have no heart.
When you’re 40, if you’re not a conservative, you have no brain.
(Just sayin’) :-))
I can sum it all up in three words...spoiled rotten brats.
Yes and fortunately the worst of that bunch are retiring and should be gone before long. The ones they taught are probably not quite as messed up, hopefully.
Logan’s Run
how right-on you are! Always amazing to me that those who most take advantage of our freedoms (especially speech) are also those most unwilling to fight for their defense and preservation.
That saying is true and there’s an awful lot of conservatives that are former libs.
Born in ‘42. Grew up in 50’s, 8 to 18. Best time of my life. But are you ever right about the BS 60’s college crowd. Four years of that crap, it’s a wonder I didn’t kill somebody.
I had fun in the 60’s, I think.
I was born in ‘55. In Junior High when I was 12 several of the freshmen came back from a summer in CA. They were completely indoctrinated and spread tons, and I do mean tons, of “free love”, drugs and rock and roll throughout the school. Lots of kids took lots of heavy drugs. Lots of kids were sleeping with lots of other kids. They were dirty and drugged out. We had the highest pregnancy per capita rate in the whole country. My best friend went to CA for a two week vacation during the school year. We were extremely close. When she came back she did not even let on that she ever knew me. She was very changed. Boy, did that hurt. I did dabble in the whole thing but it didn’t take me long to out grow it. I have hated the 60’s thing for years, just abhor it.
Not everybody fit the hippie flower-child or peace activist mold back then. I lived thru it without getting drawn into it. I even got drafted and didn’t come out like John Kerry.
Well. That indulged upbringing seems spartan by today's standards on child rearing.
I'm a mid boomer raising young kids alongside GenX and Echo boomer parents and they are incredibly weak parents as rule. Simply unbelievable. Never spank. Talk Junior into it. Kids raised on silly feminized PC cartoons. Scared of guns. Daddy's a meterosexual who has tats to try to look tough. Mommy is the boss...hands down.
Kids are allowed to run the parents and stay home forever till they mature maybe 5-10 years after 5-7 years of college. I'm 50.......I can't open my mouth at school stuff.....again the sole province of ninny women. We'll probably be 50% homo boys in another generation amongst the non-hoodie class
I am sick of overly earnest, chin stuck out women who have to get validated about everything. My wife's 42....much younger than her and that's what you get if they've been to school much.
No wonder so many white guys want Asian and Latin women today.
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