CSNbbs

I had a really neat conversation with a guy I met last night who is in in his early 70's and was in his 20's in 1968. We both agreed that the nation went a fundamental metamorphasis in this time frame, and how the opposing factions were quite hostile, even violent, with those that disagreed with them. The conversation then turned to comparing that era to the present day.

He made some observations on how he thought this country of ours is undergoing the same types of schisms, both socially and politically, today as he had experienced then.

Would love to hear some of our older members comments in this vein.... mine arent too clear as I was three years old then, and only somewhat remember Nixon resigning 6 years later in '73 (or '74)....

But I found his conversation quite interesting and would love to hear other views on this, both in support and in opposition; or how some aspects parallel and some dont match.

And, heck, since we are kind of bloviating people around here, would love to hear any comments from those too young to remember (or even be around) on how they perceive the time period 1968-1976 and how it may or may not differ from today.

That’s my age. But there were multiple divisions then. Can you be more specific of what the old guy meant? Was he talking more of the Nixon/antiNixon divide or the War/antiWar divide or the Civil Rights divide or what?

I was born in 1982, but the stuff today seems like mickey mouse nonsense compared to what went on in the 1960s. The national Guard murdered unarmed students on a university campus. Now we have cry closets and people get fired if they make a minor ettiquite mistake when it comes to cultural sensitivity.