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riverbendviewgal

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36. What you wrote echoes my feelings

Tue Dec 24, 2024, 12:31 PM

Dec 24

I could sense this in high school. I went thru the Cuban missile crisis watching cronkite and our neigbor crying what is happening in Cuba while my mother could not understand the dire circumstances . She wanted to go shopping.

I was the only one in the family who watched world news. My dad read sports and obituaries., my mother read the fashion ads and Hollywood gossip. I hid in the library.

I left America at age 21. No regrets.

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This post will probably sink like a stone... [View all] PCIntern Dec 24 OP

AMEN recovering_democrat Dec 24 #1

That's all true. bucolic_frolic Dec 24 #2

If people have not read it, I can strongly suggest reading "A Fever In The Heartland" by Timothy Egan GeoWilliam750 Dec 24 #66

I recommend Howard Zinn's "A People's History of the U.S." Martin68 Dec 25 #88

Also an excellent read. GeoWilliam750 Dec 26 #98

Nail meet hammer Pachamama Dec 24 #3

Happy....er...what? Clouds Passing Dec 24 #4

the smothers brothers, phil donahue were superstars rampartd Dec 24 #5

We are trained to work The Madcap Dec 24 #6

Oh Yeah. Some of my Nordic friends call Americans "Ants" ....it ain't a compliment. chouchou Dec 24 #35

Information overload The Wizard Dec 24 #7

This is what I want to say... madaboutharry Dec 24 #8

Is that them new bees or hornets that invaded us from Asia? 3Hotdogs Dec 24 #23

Yum! Shipwack Dec 24 #51

Sounds like it'll bee good! calimary Dec 25 #96

Joyce Vance shared a recipe for Rugelach on her Substack. soldierant Dec 24 #81

Oceania had always been at war with Eastasia Wicked Blue Dec 24 #9

And eliminate DOE in Project 2025 Evolve Dammit Dec 24 #25

People need to watch jeopardy MacKasey Dec 24 #10

True, but Jeopardy has changed. LisaM Dec 24 #15

I have a friend born in the 1950s IbogaProject Dec 24 #57

It depends on the categories. LisaM Dec 24 #64

Alot more pop culture QA as well. nt Ilsa Dec 24 #77

"I went home for lunch" BumRushDaShow Dec 24 #34

I lived 2 blocks from school MacKasey Dec 24 #46

I lived about 4 blocks from my original elementary school BumRushDaShow Dec 24 #53

I had the exact experience as a kid, La Coliniere Dec 24 #65

Frankly, I think that is exactly the wrong approach. malthaussen Dec 24 #67

I can appreciate your disagreement MacKasey Dec 24 #70

An interesting observation, and of course it leads to Santayana's famous remark, Ocelot II Dec 24 #11

I frequently get posts from a group called "Old Time Baseball" in my fb feed. malthaussen Dec 24 #68

This is why history isn't linear, but moves in cycles Blaukraut Dec 24 #72

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Historians are fully aware of what you both say. Which is why they become historians in the first place, and why ancianita Dec 24 #21

bookmarking to read later. Thank you. I rec'd it already and want to chew on a bit - and provide a respose. NewHendoLib Dec 24 #13

Yep. Another way to put it is "here and now" -- that's all Americans care about, the current KPN Dec 24 #14

We also often forget when our stars are no longer with us. keep_left Dec 24 #16

Outstanding. Mike 03 Dec 24 #17

I always refer to a sense of history. murielm99 Dec 24 #18

No Long-Term Memory is how bastards get the US Taxpayer on the Hook Kid Berwyn Dec 24 #19

Sigh...sadly, all true. pandr32 Dec 24 #20

To me, the key line on your post: Escurumbele Dec 24 #22

There's never a magical time of remembering Sympthsical Dec 24 #24

Ho ho ho... PCIntern Dec 24 #28

Do you know all kinds of 1880s and 90s singers as well? Popular theater actors of the Gilded Age? Sympthsical Dec 24 #39

Memory intelpug Dec 25 #83

I remember the Grass Roots. My band opened for them Mblaze Dec 24 #26

That's actually pretty cool... PCIntern Dec 24 #29

The band we opened for that sucked the most Mblaze Dec 24 #40

I remember them too BlueSpot Dec 26 #97

They definitely had some hits. Mblaze Dec 26 #99

Sanewashing is brainwashing. dchill Dec 24 #27

Happy & healthy New Year to you and yours, PCI Hekate Dec 24 #30

And to you!!! PCIntern Dec 24 #41

Let's Live ForToday JMCKUSICK Dec 24 #31

Gore Vidal dubbed the US thucythucy Dec 24 #32

Excellent points, perfectly articulated. PCIntern Dec 24 #42

You jumped right from radios to smart phones. What about TV? nt Nittersing Dec 24 #48

TV obviously also had an impact, thucythucy Dec 24 #54

A lot of kids were "raised" by television Nittersing Dec 24 #56

Good points. thucythucy Dec 24 #58

Many Americans are lazy young_at_heart Dec 24 #33

I feel that... 2naSalit Dec 24 #59

I would also rather do those things BUT MuseRider Dec 25 #90

What you wrote echoes my feelings riverbendviewgal Dec 24 #36

athiest that does xmas traditions here Kali Dec 24 #37

The result of letting many home school their children biophile Dec 24 #38

Thinking more philosophically, there is the 14th Dalai Lama outlook Beringia Dec 24 #43

I went to high school with Hugh Downs' daughter PCIntern Dec 24 #44

"We are the weak link: deliberately undereducated and programmed by the corporate media." OldBaldy1701E Dec 24 #45

Memory is a small part - Nigrum Cattus Dec 24 #47

Even in the 70s history Figarosmom Dec 24 #49

History teachers intelpug Dec 25 #84

And he was right Figarosmom Dec 25 #85

Excellent. I would also add that somewhere along the line, "History is boring" became a LoisB Dec 24 #50

History was made boring by becoming an endless recitation of facts. malthaussen Dec 24 #69

A salient point about the band The Grass Roots EYESORE 9001 Dec 24 #52

PCIntern............ Upthevibe Dec 24 #55

In the era of "personality politics" (bad) people only want their prejudices reinforced. And they are easily tricked. usonian Dec 24 #60

You echo my thoughts... rasputin1952 Dec 24 #61

Nostalgia and its opposites Nasruddin Dec 24 #62

And assassination is becoming too common dlbell Dec 24 #63

Gotta agree with everything here... Trueblue Texan Dec 24 #71

I get the point... lonely bird Dec 24 #73

Am an American. I remember Tweedy Dec 24 #74

You speak the truth! Ziggysmom Dec 24 #75

I remember the W. Bush administration and Beck23 Dec 24 #76

I remember in the early 80s many people didnt know who their Senators were Callie1979 Dec 24 #78

It is shocking to me anyway Meowmee Dec 24 #79

I agree 200% with you! slightlv Dec 24 #80

It's not that Americans have no memory. The problem is mass media. Initech Dec 25 #82

Thank you for this. MuseRider Dec 25 #86

You better start swimmin' or you'll sink like a stone. Yes, our memories, like our attention spans, have shrunk down Martin68 Dec 25 #87

There is no community memory Keepthesoulalive Dec 25 #89

Rethink the idea of american amnesia Southern_gent Dec 25 #91

Disagree with almost every point PCIntern Dec 25 #93

Let's Have a Real Conversation: Disagree? Tell Me Why! Southern_gent Dec 25 #94

Because I'm busy. PCIntern Dec 25 #95

some of the best tv shows in my memory were one season or 2 seasons ones . barely got off the ground and yanked AllaN01Bear Dec 25 #92