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GulfCoast66

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19. This back and forth has been very enlightening

Mon Aug 8, 2016, 11:48 PM

Aug 2016

I was born in 66 and from your posts I assume you were of age at that time. If not, then this post will be ridiculous and I will look silly!

But I now can see how being of different generations, and actually living during a period can shape our prospective. When I think of LBJ I think of civil rights and the great society with its promise that all can share in the bounty of America. And that is pretty much it. I see him as a great president.

Of course I was an infant when 50k of our fellow citizen were being killed in Vietnam and while I can think it bad in the abstract, many actually lived it.

I guess the good things he did at home outlive the war he pretty much created. Which is kind of sad. Because for those who died or were effected, including the millions in Vietnam, they will never see the legacy he leaves at home.

I know this post is kind of deep, but I am in a pensive mood.

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LBJ was so very wrong. [View all] GulfCoast66 Aug 2016 OP

SC is under a 3 point spread SCantiGOP Aug 2016 #1

I turn 50 in just over a month GulfCoast66 Aug 2016 #2

If white, did you, as you grew up, consider the "n" word absolutely normal and appropriate... 63splitwindow Aug 2016 #3

I'm too shamed to answer that question SCantiGOP Aug 2016 #4

Don't be ashamed. You grew up in a culture you didn't create. 63splitwindow Aug 2016 #5

Normal, yes. Heard it all the time. GulfCoast66 Aug 2016 #9

" He left small town south because he could not stand the hate. " 63splitwindow Aug 2016 #13

Different? GulfCoast66 Aug 2016 #15

I'm from GA, born in 1946 brer cat Aug 2016 #23

I agree it was not usually hate. More just a sense of separation and superiority. 63splitwindow Aug 2016 #27

Native Floridian, lived in the south all my life OriginalGeek Aug 2016 #28

2 generations + elleng Aug 2016 #6

LBJ never foresaw someone as offensive and caustic.... Raster Aug 2016 #7

FDR developed the southern strategy. former9thward Aug 2016 #8

A generation is about 25 years, so he was actually right book_worm Aug 2016 #10

I must polity disagree GulfCoast66 Aug 2016 #12

Tonkin Gulf Martin Eden Aug 2016 #11

Great post GulfCoast66 Aug 2016 #14

LBJ wouldn't be shocked by the racism. It was even worse during his long career. Martin Eden Aug 2016 #17

This back and forth has been very enlightening GulfCoast66 Aug 2016 #19

Vietnam was a big part of my political awakening Martin Eden Aug 2016 #21

On Moyers' PBS show, I heard phone recordings of LBJ... Buckeye_Democrat Aug 2016 #20

First and foremost it was a political decision Martin Eden Aug 2016 #22

I looked for the LBJ phone recordings again... Buckeye_Democrat Aug 2016 #24

K&R... spanone Aug 2016 #16

This is a good thread. longship Aug 2016 #18

Good sentiment, GulfCoast66. n/t Hugin Aug 2016 #25

But LBJ was also so right Proud Public Servant Aug 2016 #26