Comments on: The Two Sides of 1967: Lindsey vs. Wilentz

By: Self Storage Stockport

Self Storage Stockport — Mon, 14 Dec 2009 01:47:01 +0000

Thanks for posting this, reading your blog I’m amazed how much time you have put into it.

By: ScurvyOaks

ScurvyOaks — Mon, 09 Jul 2007 22:53:19 +0000

Your two questions get different answers. The second question is pure push-polling: of course it’s you who steps out of the viewpoints of the participants, but that’s largely a function of the generational difference between you and Wilentz. As to which version rings truer, I have to go with my junior paper advisor’s version. Did you take any of his courses, by the way?

By: lou

lou — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 20:19:23 +0000

Not sure who pays that moron brink lindseys salary hopefully not tax payers but the richest country in the world can’t even pay there bills is scary.Not sure where this white out sniffing moron brink came from but there is a McDonalds somewhere missing a night manager.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Sun, 08 Jul 2007 00:57:45 +0000

Score: Lindsey 1, Wilentz 0.

By: Jerry

Jerry — Sat, 07 Jul 2007 00:42:00 +0000

Although not in San Francisco, I was, as a 20-year-old student, very much a part of the “counterculture” (and the factors which created it) you’ve accurately described. 40 years hence, there are many aspects of that experience which look silly, naive, and, counterproductive. However, the anti-Vietnam war and civil rights movements were not among them. Those social movements, which were anathema to much of the fundamentalist and evangelical community (indeed, the Vietnam War was championed most by conservative Christians: Joseph Kennedy, Sr., being one), remain as sources of pride for those of us who participated.

The irrational motivations which resulted in the waste of 58,000 American lives (and, perhaps, millions of Vietnamese) are the same motivations which are bleeding this nation to death in Iraq. And, as we’ve seen with the “Swift Boat Veterans for Truth,” the Tom DeLays, and the Republican fundamentalists, many of those who still champion the Vietnam War are those who champion – and make billions in blood money from – this one.

By: Julio

Julio — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 17:19:37 +0000

Very happy to discover you and your blog. Your final paragraph really needs no response as your post speaks for itself. Wilents is part of the leftist half-truth you describe. As a former Clash fan turned on to their music by Rolling Stone itself, I have no illusions about RS’s agenda.

Now if someone from the religious right wrote about 1967….