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Disco. Tuesday Afternoon May 2012 #1
May 4, 1970 (Kent State U. massacre) - that's when youth coalition_unwilling May 2012 #2
Well said. dipsydoodle May 2012 #7
That's not what we learned that day. aquart May 2012 #17
Yes, in the immediate aftermath of Kent State, over 400 coalition_unwilling May 2012 #23
Stony Brook and Pratt Institute RENTED A TRAIN. aquart May 2012 #28
Which shows a certain lack of imagination and naive belief in white middle-class priviledge, FarCenter May 2012 #29
No argument here. No one should ever die from gunfire aimed at them by coalition_unwilling May 2012 #34
I agree. That only made us more determined. For me the end of our hopes came when RFK was jwirr May 2012 #38
Until I personally witnessed the Occupy Los Angeles encampment last fall, I coalition_unwilling May 2012 #59
I am watching them closely and still have hope that they will be able to pull us together. However, jwirr May 2012 #67
It had also happened in Calif..Reagan was in charge then...Bloody Thursday SoCalDem May 2012 #71
Don't even get me started on that union-busting red-baiting son of a bitch Reagan. Also, coalition_unwilling May 2012 #72
It hasn't ended. Anyone who tries to tell you differently is blind to the changes... Scuba May 2012 #3
agreed G_j May 2012 #5
People who wonder if protest works don't notice we got pretty much every damn thing we fought for. aquart May 2012 #18
Some say the Charles Manson murders ended the spirit of the 60s lunatica May 2012 #4
That's what I think, too Canuckistanian May 2012 #47
November 8, 1980 NOLALady May 2012 #6
Yup. nt XanaDUer May 2012 #36
Well said. Louisiana1976 May 2012 #46
That's my thought as well. Throughout the 70s you could at least kid yourself that things would HiPointDem May 2012 #62
Even after all of the assassinations, NOLALady May 2012 #78
Wasn't that when yuppies joined the corporate culture? loyalsister May 2012 #81
Beat me to it. craigmatic May 2012 #83
Wait. The 60's ended? Why wasn't I informed? HopeHoops May 2012 #8
I left a note ... but you used it to roll your joint ... zbdent May 2012 #9
The beginning of the end, for me ... frazzled May 2012 #10
Two words: Ronald Reagan erinlough May 2012 #11
Three more words: and the Yuppies. GeorgeGist May 2012 #14
the Reagan era was also notable for floods of cocaine G_j May 2012 #41
for one thing, the movement was so very powerful that G_j May 2012 #12
The fact that in todays America "Dirty Fucking" most always precedes "Hippie"... stlsaxman May 2012 #19
The day the music died - John Lennon (RIP, Dec. 8, 1980). leveymg May 2012 #13
Three Words: "Up With People!" stlsaxman May 2012 #15
Those people took off their orange jumpers, smoked reefer, and had sex with each other, leveymg May 2012 #21
+100 Taverner May 2012 #73
November 4, 1980 KansDem May 2012 #16
or shortly thereafter.... stlsaxman May 2012 #25
Ah, yes. Reminds of a quote I read recently on DU... KansDem May 2012 #26
August, 1969... kentuck May 2012 #20
Which '60s do you mean? FarCenter May 2012 #22
Excellent point. The period was certainly not a monolith. But do you think coalition_unwilling May 2012 #24
A "60's spirit" is mostly a media fiction FarCenter May 2012 #27
Fair enough. There is a school of historians who coalition_unwilling May 2012 #30
It's important because of the coming of age of a large cohort of the dominant socioeconomic group FarCenter May 2012 #57
Yeah, I totally get what you're saying. I still can't help feeling it as an coalition_unwilling May 2012 #58
Or the 60s IN Vietnam? Or the 60s in Africa - the one experienced by Patrice Lumbumba? Taverner May 2012 #74
When The Military Draft Ended. (n/t) Paladin May 2012 #31
Ronald Reagan n/t Greybnk48 May 2012 #32
K & R MoreGOPoop May 2012 #33
Altamont WilliamPitt May 2012 #35
Some of us have been keeping the flame burning. Zorra May 2012 #37
Hunter S. Thompson wrote this in 1971. Swede May 2012 #39
This message was self-deleted by its author ozone_man May 2012 #60
I wasn't there but I've got a little anecdote. pa28 May 2012 #40
When the Baby Boomers elected Ronald Reagan. FSogol May 2012 #42
When someone supplied the brown acid. n/t johnnie May 2012 #43
I'm still in the 60's... Sancho May 2012 #44
This message was self-deleted by its author Warren DeMontague May 2012 #45
1967 is where I put it. braddy May 2012 #48
Evolution killed the 60's, the natural passage of time Raine May 2012 #49
I was actually at Altamont, Blue_In_AK May 2012 #50
I don't think it ended...it went dormant...after so much tragedy of our leaders KoKo May 2012 #51
there are also some interesting comments at the link G_j May 2012 #79
With the election of Reagan -that was it for me bhikkhu May 2012 #52
The day the Music died RobertEarl May 2012 #53
The Day The Music Died was February 3, 1959, near Clear Lake, Iowa. Stinky The Clown May 2012 #54
Bull, my ipod is fully charged and plays many kinds of tunes on a daily basis nolabels May 2012 #63
People that are older than 60 today are the most conservative voters. bluestate10 May 2012 #55
I disagree lunatica May 2012 #65
Precisely correct Stinky The Clown May 2012 #68
yep G_j May 2012 #80
March 8, 1971 -- the Fight of the Century fishwax May 2012 #56
A few important dates: ozone_man May 2012 #61
From April 4 to June 6, 1968. The finest visionaries of that generation had their brains blown out. Selatius May 2012 #64
You're right. They were the wind under our wings lunatica May 2012 #66
Bobby Kennedy is the best example of how things and people evolve. IIRC, RFK started out with coalition_unwilling May 2012 #75
Great story! lunatica May 2012 #77
December 6, 1969 slackmaster May 2012 #69
I Graduated College in 1975 On the Road May 2012 #70
I thinkthat there H2O Man May 2012 #76
June, 1969. The Students for a Democratic Society convention in Chicago. former9thward May 2012 #82
Late 70's for me marlakay May 2012 #84
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