Perhaps a history question here....but from the 1968 riots...what exactly came out of these? I know the outcome of the Detroit riots, the LA riots, the Kent State riots, the White Night riots in San Fran, and even the Miami riots of 1980.
But was there anything really gained or achieved after the Chicago riots in 68?
“But was there anything really gained or achieved after the Chicago riots in 68?”
The election of Nixon
The election of Richard Nixon, Spiro Agnew his VP, Disco, Polyester, Watergate, and the clown-show trial of the Chicago Seven were the notable events. You decide if any of them can be considered gains or achievements.
Richard Nixon for one thing. It was also the turning point when the left started it's takeover of the Democrat party.
Well it did get the “silent majority” up from out of its sleep the last time, that is why Nixon won in 1968.
the election of the first real RINO, Nixon.
Jerry Rubin
>>> But was there anything really gained or achieved after the Chicago riots in 68?
The term Silent Majority was invented (and I’ve heard it used again in the last week). Nixon won in a landslide. The press used its power to destroy him (though perhaps he contributed to his own demise by getting in the gutter with the commies to fight them, thus giving the press the fodder they needed)
More a result than an achievement, the left-wing extremists gained a large beachhead in the Democrat party and have been advancing ever since.......with the GOP following at a distance.