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In reply to the discussion: Justice for JFK [View all]coalition_unwilling
(14,180 posts)study of history and not from personal experience.
That said, I think that looking to the days before Nov. 22, 1963 as some sort of 'golden age' in the days of the republic does a major disservice to the reality that minorities, women and LGBT citizens faced in those days. These rose-colored nostalgia glasses also serve to marginalize and minimize the anti-war and various civil rights movements that came to maturity in the days following Nov. 22, 1963 and whose contributions in maturity exemplified what Abraham Lincoln meant when he summoned the 'better angels of our nature.'
Did JFK awaken a sense of possibility among the citizens of the world? Indisputably. Was that possibility realized before JFK's death? Highly doubtful.
Again, my compliments on a wonderful thread. Clearly one of DU's finer moments, imho.