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2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: Fifties were a better time. We need to return to a better Democratic Party. [View all]forjusticethunders
(1,151 posts)42. Yes, of course, my mistake.
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snowy owl
May 2016
OP
And conservatives don't learn from the past so repeat mistakes over and over and over
snowy owl
May 2016
#2
The good old days of the fifties or earlier were only for the dominant race, culture and sex.
workinclasszero
May 2016
#12
You do realize we can go back to the economic justice of the 50's (equalized for all)
RichVRichV
May 2016
#212
If you equalize the economic justice while still maintaining the social justice gains of today ...
1StrongBlackMan
May 2016
#285
The 50s were better -- excepting minorities -- because America was building houses, corporations
Hoyt
May 2016
#4
If you took every penny from the upper 10% -- which would include many of your doctors, lawyers,
Hoyt
May 2016
#78
Excepting minorities....and women. So basically, over half the population. nt
msanthrope
May 2016
#292
That's what the Trump and to a much lesser extent yet he Sanders campaign all about
Txbluedog
May 2016
#14
Our neighbors across the street were both in the LAPD. She stuck it out till her 7th month...
Hekate
May 2016
#221
No, you didn't mention that women were expected to stay home barefoot and pregnant.
greatauntoftriplets
May 2016
#44
So if you believe that, why did civil rights laws, Medicare, Medicaid, and other things get passed?
denverbill
May 2016
#144
Are you suggesting the turn of the decade from 1959-1960 marked some miraculous turning point?
denverbill
May 2016
#295
I don't want to go back to the times of AA segregation, sit at the back of the
workinclasszero
May 2016
#7
We read the whole thing. We disagree with you. Stop implying that people who disagree with you are
PeaceNikki
May 2016
#75
ANY black person that tells you the 1950s are better than today is trying to sell you something
Number23
May 2016
#235
You can't be serious. If this post is sincere, it is very racially tone deaf.
Cheese Sandwich
May 2016
#13
Blacks? You don't care about women, gays, Native Americans? Not so good for them
snowy owl
May 2016
#69
It wasn't better for minorities ECONOMICALLY -- except there were more jobs as maids.
pnwmom
May 2016
#16
Wrong. The rising economic wealth of the 50's only lifted the boats of working white men.
pnwmom
May 2016
#132
Believe what you want to believe. Yes, for whites much better. Social prog. yet to evolve.
snowy owl
May 2016
#174
For white men but not white women -- unless they were happily married to successful men. n/t
pnwmom
May 2016
#176
No, it couldn't easily have been done. For instance, many middle class people then
pnwmom
May 2016
#26
For everybody. Rich and poor alike. Just like Burlington VT it was a better place
snowy owl
May 2016
#45
They still have three major colleges in the area, they won't miss Burlington College too much.
Agschmid
May 2016
#126
You are absolutely right about women's 3 career choices forcing the best & brightest women into them
Hekate
May 2016
#268
That guy needs to rethink his assumptions, but since he's had two posts hidden in this thread ...
Hekate
May 2016
#273
Here's the last person I saw say that blacks had it better pre civil rights:
barrow-wight
May 2016
#282
Union membership was at an all-time high, iirc. That meant blue-collar wage-earners could get ahead
Hekate
May 2016
#195
No, chief. You dismiss too many to be taken seriously. And you forgot women.
PeaceNikki
May 2016
#54
Angry? No, I am disgusted that you romanticize a time when so many were treated so much worse...
PeaceNikki
May 2016
#90
Women are a "social issue"? They're also half of the economy. And they weren't all lifted
pnwmom
May 2016
#133
I am literally laughing out loud. After all my efforts to write reasoned history-based responses...
Hekate
May 2016
#173
No question about it. Men also have hearty laughs, but women cackle. Men boom out...
Hekate
May 2016
#197
Hey, I sent away for my woman card because -- well, we ALL know after a certain age.
Hekate
May 2016
#214
But what about the five mouth breathers that rec'd this crap? Who I'm sure are the FIRST ones to
Number23
May 2016
#248
Tell us how you really feel. I perceive you are holding back and bottling it all up.
Hekate
May 2016
#252
I don't think you can prove that. Read about Henry Wallace if you want to learn.
snowy owl
May 2016
#49
So for you it's all about "consumerism." You think tech woud not have progressed?
snowy owl
May 2016
#58
Funny that you can exclude women and POC and still imagine that "most people"
bettyellen
May 2016
#61
Women and POC were restricted in choices and options, at work as well as in society.
suffragette
May 2016
#148
No, it's about standard of living. For you it's all about incorrect romanticism.
Corporate666
May 2016
#83
Agree. Post notes Powell's initiation of corporatism. Should have said Seventies!
snowy owl
May 2016
#111
No, for the average straight white man, it was better. Everyone else was fucked.
PeaceNikki
May 2016
#77
"The 50s were a better time, except for all those people for whom it was a bad time."
gollygee
May 2016
#62
I will give him the benefit of the doubt and just believe he didn't think it through.
DemocratSinceBirth
May 2016
#163
Death of a Salesman is quite depressing for those who knew people caught in that trap.
Hoyt
May 2016
#245
The fifties weren't a better time for women, for people of color, for gays, and for Mexicans.
DemocratSinceBirth
May 2016
#73
Yeah, we see that. You're dismissing everyone who's not a straight white male.
PeaceNikki
May 2016
#88
I have seen the argument in this thread we were better off than most of the world.
DemocratSinceBirth
May 2016
#93
Don't forget WW ll left much of Asia, Europe, and parts of Africa in ruin.
DemocratSinceBirth
May 2016
#101
Problem is education: post correlated with Powell Piece. People no longer read nor comprehend
snowy owl
May 2016
#97
Holy shit, you are thick and arrogant as hell. People don't agree with you. deal with it.
PeaceNikki
May 2016
#110
Maybe you should stop dismissing how fucked up it was for everybody EXCEPT white men
bravenak
May 2016
#135
I forgot to mention women but I did mention religion. It was hard for women.
snowy owl
May 2016
#162
That leaded gasoline sure tasted better than the crap we've got now!
Warren DeMontague
May 2016
#123
Thank God that Hipster Frank Sinatra fetishization seems to have abated a bit
Warren DeMontague
May 2016
#160
I grew up in the 70s, and I really miss not being able to go anywhere without being choked by
Warren DeMontague
May 2016
#228
Agree. Two biggest problems: population; depleting resources (land,water,food,etc)
snowy owl
May 2016
#134
Our government was progressive. The industrialized world was recovering from WWII devastation.
pampango
May 2016
#152
I see you modified a few things. But let me point out that after WW II "Rosie the Riveter" was fired
Hekate
May 2016
#167
LIFE magazine was the visual history of the time in part as we wanted to see ourselves...
Hekate
May 2016
#210
The most ignorant, tone deaf and embarassing thing I've seen in a long time here
Number23
May 2016
#233
I hope that all of the folks that brayed like mules when someone posted an opinon piece from a black
Number23
May 2016
#237
I'll never understand anyway. This is just an extension of the screaming about "identity politics,"
Number23
May 2016
#246
You are out of your ever loving mind. The 50's sucked so bad that the 60's was a giant
Bluenorthwest
May 2016
#241
If the 50s were so wonderful, why did we need the Great Society programs in the 60s
onenote
May 2016
#253