09-04-2017, 12:57 PM
(09-03-2017, 11:50 AM)Ragnarök_62 Wrote: 1. 1960's equality fights: I'll admit those are hazy due to my age at the time. With that said, and I can be off base here due to said age of those times. I do recall lots of marches where there was no violence, but lots of symbolism on one hand [which I don't recall any fear/anger. On the other hand and I think it's another case of what was old , is new again. Antifa reminds me of icky things like the Weather Underground and the SLA. The other demonstrators besides antifa who haven't been violent, I see no issues with.
There was real discrimination back in the 1960s. I remember the "whites" and "coloreds" drinking fountains. I don't remember which one I drank at - I think I skipped taking a drink because my mother didn't want me drinking at the "coloreds" fountain and I didn't want to break the rules my father had explained by drinking at the "whites" one. But maybe I just blocked it out of my memory.
Jews, blacks, and Asians couldn't get into top universities. Now it's whites and Asians that are discriminated against through affirmative action, thanks to the "two wrongs make a right" approach of folks like Bob Butler.