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In reply to the discussion: You Tell Us: When Did The Spirit Of The '60s End? [View all]coalition_unwilling
(14,180 posts)colleges and unis went on strike. No disputing that.
And bravo for your resistance. I salute the contributions and commitment of your generation.
I was responding to the question as posted by the OP: "When did the spirit of the 60s end?" Up until May 4, 1970, youth (the signature demographic of the 60s in the West) knew they would be taunted and even beaten for expressing their dissent (the signature 'spirit' of the 60s after rock and roll). But 'killed' by aimed gunfire from government forces? Anyone protesting after that had to know he or she was taking his or her life into his or her hands by so doing. I would say that was the real end of innocence, not the executions of JFK, Malcom X, MLK or RFK. I'm not sure that death of innocence is such a bad thing, altho my heart breaks for all the innocent victims.
Side note: Despite George H.W. Bush's bragadoccio that we had 'kicked the Vietnam War syndrome' following Operation Desert Storm, Daniel Ellsberg has argued that we will not have truly ended the Vietnam War until a monument is erected in DC to the courage and heroism of the draft and war resisters. I'm not holding my breath.