Baby Boomers Shed Tears When They Remember The 1960s
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Published 2017-10-29
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These are documentaries inside a documentary, hearing 90s opinions about the 60s. Super interesting.
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~Even as a kid, i could feel how special & different the 60s were, but i didnt realize during the 70s how very wonderful that era was, too, until recently~I can barely listen to the music from back then without crying & longing for those days again, knowing those times are gone forever & the future looks bleak~
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I was born in 1960, I lost my 2 brothers in the Vietnam war. I have a different outlook on the 60's.
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A sad fact is that young men were drafted and died horrible deaths in Vietnam and the ones who came back scarred and in pain, mentally and physically were ridiculed by their own generation for fighting in a war in which they had no choice but to be involved and fight in. These young men, some as young as 17 were drafted and died for no reason. Very sad and the veterans alive today who survived, still have to in a sense fend for themselves and their own generation forgets them even today.
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I'm 28. I've been studying the 50s, 60s, and 70s since being a teenager. I absolutely love looking at old pictures from that time period. It brings me great inspiration for both my art and daily life.
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My great uncle survived Vietnam (dodged the draft for a couple of years but was finally tracked down) but passed away a few years ago due to exposure to Agent Orange. He promised himself if he made it out of Vietnam, he’d do whatever he wanted with this rest of his life, and so he did. He was the first Black American to go to South Africa during apartheid and befriended the Mandela family during a time where they were seen as terrorists. My uncle is someone I really look up to.
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"You can live on 25 dollars a week" -- LOL! Even after adjusting for inflation, you can't do that any more. The cost of being poor is a lot higher today!
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No matter what decade, as long as there are humans in it, there are many mistakes made and lessons (not?) learned.
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I lived through the sixties. Did a lot. I find it best explained in a few short words that are the beggining of A Tail Of Two of Cities. "It was the best of times, It was the worst of times."
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What a different world it was. I remember my Dad taking the toaster to the shed and pulled it apart to repair it. He polished it up after fixing it and we continued to use it. The TV went to the repair shop if it needed fixing. Today ...... everything is thrown away. I look at the massive pile of flat screen TV'S at the dump, and I wonder what sort of world be have become.
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I was a teenager in the 60s. My life and my brother was a living horror. My dad was abusive. My mother was a drunk. Me and my brother went hungry. And suffered so much. He passed away at only 62 ten days before his birthday when we would have been the same age for a month. I miss him.
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My parents were boomers who essentially skipped the 60s culture discussed here. I was born in 68, my brother 66. It's easy to lose sight of how a lot of people weren't smoking weed, joining communes, wearing tie-dye, and whatever else. Part of it clicked; they supported equal rights changes.
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Having lived through it, these comments speak much louder about the person commenting than the video itself. And the video depicts only these people's points of view...there were millions of varying points of view in the 60s. An era cannot be generalized or labeled, it was Life.
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Best part about the 1960's was the music. Seriously, some of the best jams of all time.
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My dad was a child in the 60s and they abused him in school for using his left hand and forced him to write with his right hand. The level of forced conformity was too high.
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I was born in 1950...in 1966 I was 16. My only brother was a helicopter pilot in Vietnam...so much happened in the '60's...never a dull moment. My first office job in 1969, met a crazy guy and got married. Turns out he was a wife beater..left him when I was 3 months pregnant. I could have had an abortion but I wanted the child very much..I grew up fast with the most wonderful music EVER! I would go back to this time in a heartbeat...😍
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No era was or is perfect.
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These documentary are addicting 😍
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I remember watching this documentary when it re-aired on TV around 1998 or 1999 or so, and it made a MASSIVE impression on me. It's basically what led me to start taking an interest in politics—especially this exact segment of it. I've been looking for it for years! Bravo and thank you, David Hoffman!!! 👏👏👏
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I was born in 1981, its amazing how Vietnam and most events of the sixties are never even a part of our life today. I can see all the impact, but no one in my generation is even aware of any of it. I try my best to educate myself but it is hard to find good material like this. It has taken years of studying to grasp what happened and the impact it has on our daily lives.
