tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post5631349431225156099..comments2024-03-26T17:55:50.539-04:00Comments on Cranky old man: They’re Clubbing Hippies!joehhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08520161706680568508noreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-48696537087571302132017-09-05T15:48:06.890-04:002017-09-05T15:48:06.890-04:00...until people go back to thinking and talking......<i>...until people go back to thinking and talking...</i> Keep out of the streets then, Joe, if people haven't learned it in 40 years, I'm not sure they CAN learn. :-(<br /><br />I do have hope that the ones doing all the shouting and clubbing are the small minority. Most of us try to get along and understand why the other person/the friend/the co-worker/the neighbor/the spouse has a different opinion. Pixel Peeperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17553862902461169270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-86985222234540516432017-09-05T14:31:53.295-04:002017-09-05T14:31:53.295-04:00Crazy world we live in. Crazy world we live in. Debby https://www.blogger.com/profile/02574297621214864538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-6755151114027825802017-09-02T13:23:39.794-04:002017-09-02T13:23:39.794-04:00It really depresses me to look and see two sides t...It really depresses me to look and see two sides that are incorrect.<br />I was going to say aren't right, but right has it's own connotation.<br />I can't say wrong because there are, remotely, valid points at either end.<br />Sadly, each side has the other so stirred up that they refuse to listen to the middle.<br />(not necessarily your) Uncle Skiphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02705753220273516841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-62547833979338617152017-09-02T08:57:36.439-04:002017-09-02T08:57:36.439-04:00I'll stop hiding out when I think there may be...I'll stop hiding out when I think there may be some protection, if protectors are ordered to stand down, I am staying away thank you.<br />joehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08520161706680568508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-17951388020141860182017-09-02T08:29:36.787-04:002017-09-02T08:29:36.787-04:00Violence is a very bad way to resolve issues, but ...Violence is a very bad way to resolve issues, but so is hiding out.Taborhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15257045780724471840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-46796775832011132472017-09-02T06:04:01.567-04:002017-09-02T06:04:01.567-04:00Well, gosh. Now I have to try and remember what Dy...Well, gosh. Now I have to try and remember what Dylan was going on about.<br />Did you get your hair cut the next day?Riverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14794655013673748992noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-63840967932924579622017-09-02T01:12:52.146-04:002017-09-02T01:12:52.146-04:00I'm with you Joe. Off the street. I might go u...I'm with you Joe. Off the street. I might go up to the mountains and put some flowers in my hair tho. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-90419537165580222192017-09-01T21:35:12.310-04:002017-09-01T21:35:12.310-04:00I don't know if sitting it out will work this ...I don't know if sitting it out will work this time. Our Republic, our very National identity, is under attack. Everyone's voice needs to be heard or it will be assumed the crazies speak for everyone.stephen Hayeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17659054447637207734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-52802616642114249372017-09-01T21:30:47.298-04:002017-09-01T21:30:47.298-04:00I was in Chicago in '68 and watched the police...I was in Chicago in '68 and watched the police reaction to the "hippies". It marked a change in my political attitude but never convinced me that violence cures violence. There's an old expression, Joe, "What goes around comes around." Once again we are at a dire point in our history.Catalysthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03804837416104556928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-91428175185069376372017-09-01T20:34:11.113-04:002017-09-01T20:34:11.113-04:00I'm with you Joe, wearing the wrong hat or hav...I'm with you Joe, wearing the wrong hat or having the wrong thought making you a target for a club, I'm not up for getting my head cracked for something silly like having an opinion, but at the same time we should be able to express our opinions without fear of going against someone elses.Jimmyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00079471254681821763noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-39184571217142989992017-09-01T20:20:25.088-04:002017-09-01T20:20:25.088-04:00History always repeats itself. What more can I say...History always repeats itself. What more can I say?Bijouxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05788630004051883635noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-13649075660091970322017-09-01T20:06:04.854-04:002017-09-01T20:06:04.854-04:00I am glad you were not clubbed. You get enough of ...I am glad you were not clubbed. You get enough of that here on your page sometimes. ;)Valhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13025832536749983018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-65884472853627161472017-09-01T19:26:46.650-04:002017-09-01T19:26:46.650-04:00Actually I was hoping to hear from you as you come...Actually I was hoping to hear from you as you come from a perspective that I could never identify with as I missed out on spending time in that lovely country in those horrible times.<br /><br />I am firmly against shutting down any ideas with a 2x4, even ideas I find repugnant. I am definitely against having my own head smashed in for wearing the wrong hat, disagreeing with the majority, or voting for the wrong candidate.joehhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08520161706680568508noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-11901784564601624922017-09-01T19:08:49.187-04:002017-09-01T19:08:49.187-04:00Excellent observations. Although, I would be corre...Excellent observations. Although, I would be correctly called a liberal. I don't think much of antifa. Arguing creates so much chaos. Being a Southerner, I definitely don't like the KKK, etc. They are terrible is an understatement. I remember a principal I worked for in the early 80s told me he could show me a tree lynched people were hung from. <br /><br />We are a stubborn lot and it could be our undoing. Ann Bennetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17759967601352382204noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-39776122983765127862017-09-01T19:05:43.461-04:002017-09-01T19:05:43.461-04:00Doubt this will make the cut, but....I got back fr...Doubt this will make the cut, but....I got back from VN in early'69, I was there some of 66, most of 67, and a portion of '68. Coming back, going to school in Oregon, I never experienced the 'spitting', 'babyt killer' stuff. In fact, I never met a vet that did. I think it was a pretty rare thing. We were pretty divided, as much of the US was then, pro or con involvement. <br />I was a 'member' of VVAW, Vietnam Vets Against War, as a lot of vets were. We tended to stay out of the big demonstrations....we didn't trust our reactions to police advancing on us with shields and clubs. We didn't want to go back into combat mode. <br />I don't know what to say about now and then. Except this: I understand the antifa movement....they say the nonviolent, passive approach does not work. It's exactly what we thought 40 years ago. <br />Know you'll delete this Joeh, for whatever reason you have. Hope you read it, it's a perspective from back then you don't have. <br />Should Fish Morehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13038376492887695725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-24183765855066631482017-09-01T17:16:40.213-04:002017-09-01T17:16:40.213-04:00Not much has changed because human nature does not...Not much has changed because human nature does not change.messymimihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10649529601786689712noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-65766817508785258222017-09-01T15:19:34.297-04:002017-09-01T15:19:34.297-04:00This is also the anniversary of the bombing of Rod...This is also the anniversary of the bombing of Rodin's "Thinker," installed at the Cleveland Art Museum. 1970, One of so many years of protesting that war. Now we are protesting the foundation of the society that entered that war.<br />It's a fair comparison, here. The Thinker lost his legs. The curators realized he could not be made whole, so the reinstalled him, to continue thinking. Like we do. The mass produced confederate monuments, produced hastily in the McCarthy and Jim Crow eras, have been pulled down and shattered on impact. It took a bomb to remove the Thinker's legs. The more things change, the more they stay the same. What goes around, etc. May, 1970 is the anniversary of the Kent State massacre. Joanne Noragonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16601010208310707750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-21634929936727938542017-09-01T15:18:58.177-04:002017-09-01T15:18:58.177-04:00Everything changes & yet it remains the same!!...Everything changes & yet it remains the same!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-851939217366549122017-09-01T14:47:40.340-04:002017-09-01T14:47:40.340-04:00Where have all the flowers gone? You would think p...Where have all the flowers gone? You would think people would learn, but they don't and it all goes around and around.Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02743921972328074980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-80258398549434582802017-09-01T13:18:46.989-04:002017-09-01T13:18:46.989-04:00And the times, they aren't a changin.And the times, they aren't a changin.only slightly confusedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08165115156889904978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-71663191339389838492017-09-01T13:13:30.296-04:002017-09-01T13:13:30.296-04:00Yup; I've noticed the same thing - how very mu...Yup; I've noticed the same thing - how very much the political climate of 2017 resembles that of 1970. It's not a popular take, but when I look at, for example, Charlottesville, I see two groups of people, both looking for trouble. . .<br /><br />A friend of mine was an undercover police officer back around 1970, in the college town of my alma mater. At one point, the anti-war protesters staged a massive sit-in on the main boulevard through town, snarling traffic, and making life difficult for everyone. In due time, it morphed into a frisbee-throwing pot party, and after a day or so of 'civil disobedience', they decided to let the street re-open, and gathered in the middle of campus to decide on their next course of action. My friend was on-duty that day, dressed as a hippie like the others, and had managed to work his way somewhat close to the leaders of the protesters. The group debated what they should do next, and somebody eventually shouted, "We should sit-in on the railroad tracks! Shut down the trains!" And suddenly, my friend was in a bind. He didn't want to blow his cover, but images of carnage filled his brain, realizing that a train takes a mile or more to come to a stop. He finally managed to dissuade the group from the railroad sit-in; who knows how many ex-hippies are alive today because of him. . .Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12044041773404411751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-968059214758329257.post-30939143760634830502017-09-01T11:16:32.619-04:002017-09-01T11:16:32.619-04:00Yep, I was around when our servicemen came home fr...Yep, I was around when our servicemen came home from Vietnam. I didn't disrespect them though. I thanked them for their service.<br /><br />Now the thugs of today are beating on anyone who doesn't think like they do. How they figure that out is outside my wheelhouse, but these are just criminal thugs.<br /><br />Have a fabulous day. ☺Sandeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06785788498697004273noreply@blogger.com