LSD Archives - the endless sixties

looking at the foresight of “wild in the streets” fifty years later

March 16, 2020September 23, 2019 by Neal

“DON’T TRUST ANYONE OVER 30!” That was one of the mottos we had in the ’60s and it was provided by Jerry Rubin. When he made that statement in 1967, there is a good chance that he knew exactly the kind of effect that it would have. But he might not have had a clue that it would also have an effect on non-political movers and shakers in Hollywood. READ MORE

the true story of how austin became the liberal hotspot of texas *

April 11, 2020October 3, 2018 by Neal

AUSTIN IS NOTORIOUS among Texas cities for being so damn liberal. This state of affairs has baffled many people over the years and one of them asked this question on Quora: “What caused Austin, TX to be more liberal than the rest of Texas?” The common-sense answer is the influx of educated students at the University of Texas in Austin. READ MORE

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"We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be," – Kurt Vonnegut

"Dr. King's policy was that nonviolence would achieve the gains for black people in the United States. His major assumption was that if you are nonviolent, if you suffer, your opponent will see your suffering and will be moved to change his heart. That's very good. He only made one fallacious assumption: In order for nonviolence to work, your opponent must have a conscience. The United States has none.” ― Stokely Carmichael

"The pendulum of the mind oscillates between sense and nonsense, not between right and wrong." – Carl Gustav Jung

"Were the sixties that way for everybody—music and sex and politics and love all inextricably part of each other—or is it just me?'' – Ray Shackleford

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"We cannot teach people anything; we can only help them discover it within themselves." — Galileo Galilei

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"I was appalled that the San Francisco ethic didn't mushroom and envelope the whole world into this loving community of acid freaks. I was very naive." – Grace Slick

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