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Re: 1968 vs 2020: Compare and contrast

Thu June 11, 2020 5:09 pm

At this point in 1968, you also had two prominent voices for changes in systemic racism assassinated. And one was a presidential candidate. We’ve not had that yet, but we may be closer than we really know.

Re: 1968 vs 2020: Compare and contrast

Thu June 11, 2020 5:10 pm

It's a shame there's never any good assassinations anymore.

Re: 1968 vs 2020: Compare and contrast

Thu June 11, 2020 5:18 pm

Mickey wrote:It's a shame there's never any good assassinations anymore.

i can still vividly remember reagan attempt..8th grade sitting in social studies class and the principal made an announcement on the speakers

Re: 1968 vs 2020: Compare and contrast

Thu June 11, 2020 5:20 pm

doug rr wrote:
Mickey wrote:It's a shame there's never any good assassinations anymore.

i can still vividly remember reagan attempt..8th grade sitting in social studies class and the principal made an announcement on the speakers

He was the last one, right?

Re: 1968 vs 2020: Compare and contrast

Thu June 11, 2020 5:21 pm

wease wrote:
doug rr wrote:
Mickey wrote:It's a shame there's never any good assassinations anymore.

i can still vividly remember reagan attempt..8th grade sitting in social studies class and the principal made an announcement on the speakers

He was the last one, right?

yep

Re: 1968 vs 2020: Compare and contrast

Thu June 11, 2020 5:32 pm

doug rr wrote:
wease wrote:
doug rr wrote:
Mickey wrote:It's a shame there's never any good assassinations anymore.

i can still vividly remember reagan attempt..8th grade sitting in social studies class and the principal made an announcement on the speakers

He was the last one, right?

yep

I actually have more vivid memories of seeing Buckwheat getting shot than I do Reagan.

Re: 1968 vs 2020: Compare and contrast

Thu June 11, 2020 5:37 pm

Higgs wrote:I was genuinely reporting on my personal situation (and perspective). I get the US importance here - no doubt those were, and these are, momentous times for the world.

Keep on RitFW, peeps.


please do not pressure me

Re: 1968 vs 2020: Compare and contrast

Thu June 11, 2020 5:40 pm

wease wrote:
doug rr wrote:
Mickey wrote:It's a shame there's never any good assassinations anymore.

i can still vividly remember reagan attempt..8th grade sitting in social studies class and the principal made an announcement on the speakers

He was the last one, right?

The last what?

Not plot to assassinate, obviously. Not the last active attempt, either. The last one that nearly achieved their end?
Last edited by McParadigm on Thu June 11, 2020 5:41 pm, edited 1 time in total.

Re: 1968 vs 2020: Compare and contrast

Thu June 11, 2020 5:41 pm

McParadigm wrote:
wease wrote:
doug rr wrote:
Mickey wrote:It's a shame there's never any good assassinations anymore.

i can still vividly remember reagan attempt..8th grade sitting in social studies class and the principal made an announcement on the speakers

He was the last one, right?

The last what?

US president shot...

Re: 1968 vs 2020: Compare and contrast

Thu June 11, 2020 5:43 pm

McParadigm wrote:
wease wrote:
doug rr wrote:
Mickey wrote:It's a shame there's never any good assassinations anymore.

i can still vividly remember reagan attempt..8th grade sitting in social studies class and the principal made an announcement on the speakers

He was the last one, right?

The last what?

Not plot to assassinate, obviously. Not the last active attempt, either. The last one that nearly achieved their end?

Actually active attempt was what I was looking for. Who has there been since Reagan?

Re: 1968 vs 2020: Compare and contrast

Thu June 11, 2020 5:45 pm

Mickey wrote:It's an interesting idea, though the comparison is kind of easy (every big social movement gets compared to 68). I think it's important to note just how global '68 was--not just trans-Atlantic, but also the year of the Tet offensive, the Tlateloco massacre, the Prague Spring, etc. I'm not sure we're seeing that kind of spread just yet. I'll also note that 68 is seen as not just turbulent but epochal--Michael Denning is really good on how it represented a new era of global politics via the anti-systemic movements. I think it's hard to see what's happening in 2020 as discontinuous with that, though, again, it's still early!

great post!

Re: 1968 vs 2020: Compare and contrast

Thu June 11, 2020 5:47 pm

wease wrote:
McParadigm wrote:
wease wrote:
doug rr wrote:
Mickey wrote:It's a shame there's never any good assassinations anymore.

i can still vividly remember reagan attempt..8th grade sitting in social studies class and the principal made an announcement on the speakers

He was the last one, right?

The last what?

Not plot to assassinate, obviously. Not the last active attempt, either. The last one that nearly achieved their end?

Actually active attempt was what I was looking for. Who has there been since Reagan?

It just seems like we are parsing this out by level of success. People have tried to fly planes into the White House, and a man opened fire into the White House because he thought God had told him to kill Barack Obama. When you talk about Reagan, you’re just talking about the last time security fucked up enough to allow contact.

Re: 1968 vs 2020: Compare and contrast

Thu June 11, 2020 5:50 pm

george ducked a shoe

Re: 1968 vs 2020: Compare and contrast

Thu June 11, 2020 5:52 pm

Peeps wrote:george ducked a shoe

Most impressive moment of his entire career

Re: 1968 vs 2020: Compare and contrast

Thu June 11, 2020 6:17 pm

McParadigm wrote:
Peeps wrote:george ducked a shoe

Most impressive moment of his entire career

Surviving the pretzel a close 2nd.

Re: 1968 vs 2020: Compare and contrast

Thu June 11, 2020 6:22 pm

Self wrote:
McParadigm wrote:
Peeps wrote:george ducked a shoe

Most impressive moment of his entire career

Surviving the pretzel a close 2nd.

big scare with george h.w. puking on the emperor of japan and then passing out..

Re: 1968 vs 2020: Compare and contrast

Thu June 11, 2020 6:28 pm

doug rr wrote:
Self wrote:
McParadigm wrote:
Peeps wrote:george ducked a shoe

Most impressive moment of his entire career

Surviving the pretzel a close 2nd.

big scare with george h.w. puking on the emperor of japan and then passing out..

such simpler times.

Re: 1968 vs 2020: Compare and contrast

Thu June 11, 2020 6:50 pm

McParadigm wrote:
wease wrote:
McParadigm wrote:
wease wrote:
doug rr wrote:
Mickey wrote:It's a shame there's never any good assassinations anymore.

i can still vividly remember reagan attempt..8th grade sitting in social studies class and the principal made an announcement on the speakers

He was the last one, right?

The last what?

Not plot to assassinate, obviously. Not the last active attempt, either. The last one that nearly achieved their end?

Actually active attempt was what I was looking for. Who has there been since Reagan?

It just seems like we are parsing this out by level of success. People have tried to fly planes into the White House, and a man opened fire into the White House because he thought God had told him to kill Barack Obama. When you talk about Reagan, you’re just talking about the last time security fucked up enough to allow contact.

Yes. That’s it exactly.

Re: 1968 vs 2020: Compare and contrast

Thu June 11, 2020 9:05 pm

doug rr wrote:
Mickey wrote:It's a shame there's never any good assassinations anymore.

i can still vividly remember reagan attempt..8th grade sitting in social studies class and the principal made an announcement on the speakers


What a different world we could have had

Re: 1968 vs 2020: Compare and contrast

Sat June 13, 2020 2:58 pm

Does this thread need a title change? Some interesting thoughts here.

This isn’t 1968. It’s 1969
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