Reply #127: I thought of that but it was when Reagan whipped up the uber patriotism [View All]

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with the Iran hostage situation that the Right overpowered the peaceful movement away from the public consciousness. The prototeabag types had their champion. Good old St. Ronnie saved their jingoism as the American ideal.

but yeah, Nixon had his Tricky Dick things going on too.

I think what may have actually put the death wound on the hippie ideals was the assassination of MLK Jr. and Robert Kennedy. What a difference there would have been if Robert Kennedy had been President instead of Nixon.