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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 04:57 PM Original message |
In defense of the Woodstock generation |
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Zen Democrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 05:01 PM Response to Original message |
1. The "Me Generation" has never liked the "We Generation" |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 08:55 PM Response to Reply #1 |
26. clever n/t |
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pipi_k (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 10:00 PM Response to Reply #1 |
29. So I've been wondering for a few days... |
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Romulox (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 03:00 PM Response to Reply #1 |
36. Errr, the "Me Generation" originally referred to the Boomers. It's revisionism to pretend otherwise |
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DeepBlueC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 05:02 PM Response to Original message |
2. Every generation will have some kind of a tag |
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jimshoes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
3. I was 17 in 69 |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 05:06 PM Response to Reply #3 |
7. 18 here....it was groovy |
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abq e streeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 05:04 PM Response to Original message |
4. Very well-said...thank you for your common sense OP |
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frebrd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
5. I don't think it needs defending. eom |
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liberalmuse (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 05:05 PM Response to Original message |
6. It was a fascinating time. |
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snot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 05:07 PM Response to Original message |
8. The excesses of the 60's meme has been drummed into many |
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DebbieCDC (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 05:10 PM Response to Original message |
9. I was 16 in 1969 |
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Cetacea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 06:13 PM Response to Reply #9 |
18. 15 here. Lucky my parents allowed me to go. |
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noiretextatique (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 05:17 PM Response to Original message |
10. i was 11 years old in 1969 |
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philly_bob (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 05:18 PM Response to Original message |
11. Been thinking lately that the generation that caused all the problems is |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 08:55 PM Response to Reply #11 |
25. perhaps we should focus on ideologies rather than pinning down a generation to blame |
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Mythsaje (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 05:20 PM Response to Original message |
12. The Woodstock generation set me on my path... |
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county worker (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 05:36 PM Response to Original message |
13. Woodstock was an oasis in the desert of shit we were living in then. |
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starroute (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 06:00 PM Response to Original message |
14. The Woodstock generation was both/and even at the time |
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femrap (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 06:18 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. Amen and Awomen |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 08:39 PM Response to Reply #14 |
21. Excellent response. You carry the theme into the 70s. |
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Gemini Cat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 10:00 PM Response to Reply #14 |
28. I'm glad you made a distinction between the anti-war protesters and |
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aint_no_life_nowhere (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 06:01 PM Response to Original message |
15. Not all the young people of that era were on board |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 08:40 PM Response to Reply #15 |
22. You make a great point! |
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snot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 06:03 PM Response to Original message |
16. Made me put the album on . . . . |
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Cetacea (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 06:07 PM Response to Original message |
17. Good post. n/t |
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Iterate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 06:14 PM Response to Original message |
19. Thank you, and well put. |
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Shireling (222 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 08:50 PM Response to Original message |
23. History repeats itself in certain patterns. |
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Odin2005 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 12:04 AM Response to Reply #23 |
30. Excellent Book. |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 08:52 PM Response to Original message |
24. k&r |
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BumRushDaShow (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon Aug-17-09 09:29 PM Response to Original message |
27. ??? |
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JDPriestly (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 01:39 AM Response to Reply #27 |
31. You make great points. |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 03:12 AM Response to Original message |
32. Recommend |
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DU GrovelBot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 03:12 AM Response to Original message |
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TexasObserver (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 03:13 AM Response to Reply #33 |
34. Oh, sure. Pretend you're not following me around! |
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bigmonkey (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue Aug-18-09 02:54 PM Response to Original message |
35. Corporations have continuity of institutional memory, and don't want us to have it. |
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