I'm waiting for the replay of The Kent State Riots".
In a word, “no”.
well, much of the extreme left loves to use violence and intimidation... to scare the rest of us
... to force their way into power
... to keep power
any study of the National Socialist party in the 1930’s bears this out
also many communist dictatorships have been pushed into power this way
Not even close.
I truly enjoy Pat Buchanan‘s take on things. I was but a boy, only 10 years old in 1968. But I remember the events that occurred that year. We were living in Washington DC, at least in the suburbs, in 68. I still remember why we had to be afraid of going into DC.
I still remember my older brother coming home and announcing “They shot Martin Luther King! They shot Martin Luther King!”
And now? Despite the organized chaos and violence brought to us by leftists, Democrats, and the media I find that life in the US is better than it was 50 years ago.
“I knew 1968; and 2018, you are no 1968.”
While I was driving home from work today, I had a rather sad, but unfortunately true line of thought.
Given the utter hatred out there concerning ideology, political belief, and the like, the opportunities for violence seems to be escalating to levels I’ve never seen before. One of these days, someone’s bound to have it up to ‘here’ with someone else’s views on whatever, and they’re gonna act out. I dare say, someone’s going to get killed.
Piss off the wrong person....
Worse in the sense that the republic has shifted much further to the left in the last 50 years. As for the level of current disruption...compared to then...NO.
MAGA
The murders,threats, and other criminal activities in '68, were against the police, armed guards, and just regular folks. So was about 99% of the IN YOUR FACE attacks on people.
Yes, MLK was murdered, as was RFK.
OTOH...today, GOP office holders, those in this administration, the president and ALL of his family members, and even someone just put up to be a Justice have been harassed, confronted, smeared,condemned, sent Ricin through the mails, hounded 24/7 in every kind of media, and worse.
It's difficult to say just WHICH year is "worse"; though '18 isn't over yet.
One thing to keep in mind, AMERICA WAS STILL AMERICA in '68, as that was the year that the damned STINKING COMMIES began their slow destruction of this nation's traditions, culture, manners, morals, education system, and the accepted meaning of many simple English words.
The radicals of 1968 are now the establishment and they know better than to allow the type of dissent they participated in 50 years ago. They learned their lesson well and are fascists that will kill those that partake in that type of protest and lawlessness all those decades ago.
I can see why this was a question. In 1968, many institutions that were held in reverence failed. Government forcing youths to fight a war with no existential threats, political and racial assassinations, loss of religion.
Today, we are seeing many institutions held in high regard fail. Examples: FBI, news media, NFL, ESPN, Facebook, medicine corrupted by pharmaceutical influence, pedaphile priests, biased scientists, Supreme Court justice vetting, fake Nobel prizes, ineffective UN, mass shootings twice per month.
Luckily we’re not as violent as 1968.
“You don’t need a weatherman to know which wsy the wind is blowing” Bob Dylan
bump
Not yet.
Radical leftism is far far more widespread especialy amongst under GenX aged
I wasn’t alive in ‘68 but my parents were married that year and my older brother and I were born before the next Presidential election. It was a horrible year from what my parents have told me. A year of terrible assassinations but also liberal media and college mob protests. My father was mobilized and on riot duty. Neighborhoods burnt and the signer of the Civil Rights Act and of the Great Society retired in disgrace.
Once everything settled down there was a 49 State GOP landslide in ‘72, a narrow GOP lost in ‘76 (winning 27 States), and landslide GOP wins in ‘80, ‘84 and ‘88 (winning 44, 49, and 40 States). It was a great time to grow up at least for me.
The last time around when the media and college left called for Revolution, sanity and a quiet family life at home won out. It wasn’t until Bill Clinton ran on Middle Class Values that the left won again by pretending to be something they are not.
In ‘68 the left exposed themselves for being against what most people really want. I hope and pray that is the case this time as well.
We’ll see November 7th
Describing the radicals disrupting his every event, Humphrey said, these people "aren't just hecklers," but "highly disciplined, well-organized agitators. ... Some are anarchists and some of these groups are dedicated to destroying the Democratic Party and destroying the country."
...and now, they own the democrat party.
I say we’ll be getting there in 2019-2020 when Trump is running and gets re-elected.
Gonna be loads of fun.
Good thing young people these days are out of shape and less educated. Back in ‘68, no dude was swinging a bike lock like a girl.
