I don't believe that race relations in this Nation has been as bad as it is now, in my entire lifetime --- you're memory is shot.
On Sunday, July 10, 2016 at 12:33:53 PM UTC-5, KeithInTampa wrote: > > Personally, I don't believe that race relations in this Nation has been > as bad as it is now, in my entire lifetime. Where President Obama had an > outstanding chance to actually bridge the racial divide in this Nation, > Obama has caused racial relations to fester and become far more worse. He > clearly missed an opportunity, which will be a part of his miserable legacy. > > > On Sun, Jul 10, 2016 at 12:28 PM, MJ <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote: > >> >> Jul. 8, 2016 >> >> *Friday A/V Club: The Terror Wave of the '70s * >> *Before you go rushing off to declare we're in a civil war... *Jesse >> Walker >> >> >> You never have to look far to find Americans in an apocalyptic mood >> <http://reason.com/archives/2012/12/27/american-apocalypse>. Here's how *The >> New York Post* reacted to last night's shootings in Dallas: >> >> [image: New York Post] >> >> >> "Civil war"? This is absurd. >> >> Look: I'm not going to try to tell you we're living through a joyful time >> of harmony. The country does appear to be more violent now than it was two >> years ago, and it's not hard to imagine ways that things could get still >> worse. Everyone has their go-to narratives in times of apocalyptic anxiety, >> and mine tends to be "Have a little historical perspective. We've been >> through much harder times in the not-so-distant past, and the long-term >> trends show a world that's mostly getting better." But go-to narratives can >> be a crutch, and the fact is that a lot of things really do look pretty >> bleak at the moment. Some of the phantoms that have frightened people for >> years are actually manifesting now. It's not crazy at all to worry about >> where we're heading. >> >> But yesterday's violence was not a clash between two great forces. It was >> a shooter firing into a crowd that had been markedand, in the chaos, >> continued >> to be marked >> <https://twitter.com/GeorgeHunter_DN/status/751293309121888256>by >> cooperation rather than conflict between the cops and protesters. The >> killer may well have seen himself as the vanguard of an uprising, but as >> best as we can tell right now, his army consists of approximately one >> person. (*) This was not a battle, a riot, or a siege. It was a spasm. >> >> And yes, it's unnerving to have this come so soon after the assaults in >> Orlando and San Bernardino. But at the risk of falling back into my go-to >> narrative: We've seen worse. Not just during the actual Civil War evoked by >> that *Post* headline, but in my lifetime. In the 1970sa decade often >> remembered as the calm after the stormy '60sAmerica saw a long wave >> <https://reason.com/archives/2015/08/01/spies-lies-and-the-underground> >> of bombings and shootings by self-styled guerrillas. 1975, a year the FBI >> blamed 89 domestic bombings >> <http://reason.com/blog/2013/10/05/the-spirit-of-1976> on terrorists, >> wrapped up with a still-unsolved explosion >> <http://edition.cnn.com/2002/LAW/12/24/ctv.laguardia/index.html> at >> LaGuardia Airport two days before New Year's Eve. Eleven people were killed >> by the bomb, and another 74 were seriously injured. Here's a radio report >> from the evening it happened, complete with that hallmark of breaking >> terror newsthe initially inflated body count: >> >> >> * https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=WhehG5oVRyg >> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=WhehG5oVRyg>*And >> here, courtesy of the AP, is some footage from the wreckage: >> >> >> * https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=iHgZ05RUupY >> <https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=iHgZ05RUupY>*The >> 1960s and '70s weren't a civil war eithernot in the ordinary sense of the >> phrasebut they still came a lot closer than anything we're undergoing now. >> So by all means, go ahead and feel bleak today. But try not to let a >> tabloid's alarmist headline pull you too far into an apocalyptic >> fever-dream. >> >> >> >> >> >> *(For past editions of the Friday A/V Club, go here >> <https://reason.com/tags/friday-av-club>.) (* This passage has been updated >> to reflect the fact that the Department of Homeland Security has said >> <http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/09/us/dallas-police-shooting.html> there >> was probably just one shooter. Three other people have been arrested in >> connection with the killings, but it is unclear why.) *Photo Credit: New >> York Post >> >> http://reason.com/blog/2016/07/08/friday-av-club-the-terror-wave-of-the-70 >> >> -- >> -- >> Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. >> For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum >> >> * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ >> * It's active and moderated. 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