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Originally Posted by charlietwo
A question to you seasoned veterans (read: old people  ) out there:
Was it this bad back in the 60s? |
Much worse if you count bodies in the morgue, but the circumstances were much different.
During the 1965-65 riots the cause, although similar, was very different.
1)there was pervasive bigotry in parts of America, including the LEO organizations
2)LEO's had more liberties when it came to physical confrontations with non-LEO's
3)normal Americans did not have access to MSM like today
Read these references. The common factor was a confrontation with a LEO that went bad.
ref:
http://www.pbs.org/hueypnewton/times/times_watts.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watts_Riots
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1964_Ph...phia_race_riot
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Harlem_Riot_of_1964
Although Jesse Jackson, Al Sharpton, & the NBPP want you to believe that they are similar situations and will continue to encourage riots.
AND the msm in their incessant want for viewership ratings seem to encourage the dissidents.
Most Americans are less bigoted, are more educated to ethic diversity, less whipped up by the MSM, and tend to want more facts before passing judgment.
I say
Most Americans because there will always be bigots. Street organizers like BHO, Jesse, Al, & NBPP can not exist if they didn't have some portion of the population oppressed.
They do that by harping the sheeple/welfare mantra. Keeping their support base dependent on more of the endless "I want" .
Net Net: Do the community organizers want AND NEED to compare today to the 60t's riots YES,, will they get it,, I think not.
American has come to far to fall back into that mind set.
I also recognize that disasters like Katrina in NO will happen and if the winds of chaos are active,, we can regress overnight.
