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2016 Postmortem

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5. I was born in 1980

Mon Feb 1, 2016, 01:47 PM

Feb 2016

I don't have a "they're the enemy" type reaction.

It does, however, strongly affect my "political prognosticator" sense.

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what are we calling "end of the Cold War"? 0rganism Feb 2016 #1

It's not quite so much a function of a specific year, SheilaT Feb 2016 #6

I lived i Norfolk VA and recall the blaring sirens. angstlessk Feb 2016 #9

It's a pretty generally accepted historical era jcgoldie Feb 2016 #7

I always think 1989. Mileage may differ nt arely staircase Feb 2016 #14

luckily EdwardBernays Feb 2016 #2

But the redbaiting is proof enough that enough Clinton supporters VulgarPoet Feb 2016 #3

I was born in 1980 firebrand80 Feb 2016 #5

so you're worried it will affect OTHER people but not you? yurbud Feb 2016 #11

That, and firebrand80 Feb 2016 #13

I was born in 1944. A red diaper baby. Tierra_y_Libertad Feb 2016 #10

You bear a striking resemblance to Arundhati Roy yurbud Feb 2016 #12

I want full communism Cheese Sandwich Feb 2016 #16

I was born in 1960, LWolf Feb 2016 #19

Born in '63 and not afraid of Socialism. n/t Motown_Johnny Feb 2016 #20

I was a child when the cold war ended... Bjorn Against Feb 2016 #22