Why thanks. While I lived through the turbulent 60’s with the advent of civil rights, women’s lib (and all its accoutrements), the “make love not war” hippie movement and finally the murder of 3 political giants the application of such profound progress (other than the assassinations) was slow to take hold in the Midwest. It wasn’t until college that I truly understood the meaning and consequences of equality. Maybe Mel Brooks bemoaned that slow integration with Blazing Saddles; or maybe he believed we’d never really get there. He may have been right. As it appears today a backward trend toward the 1950’s is all the rage for a few million of our fellow citizens.
Maureen You clearly progressed while Blazing Saddles degressed.
Why thanks. While I lived through the turbulent 60’s with the advent of civil rights, women’s lib (and all its accoutrements), the “make love not war” hippie movement and finally the murder of 3 political giants the application of such profound progress (other than the assassinations) was slow to take hold in the Midwest. It wasn’t until college that I truly understood the meaning and consequences of equality. Maybe Mel Brooks bemoaned that slow integration with Blazing Saddles; or maybe he believed we’d never really get there. He may have been right. As it appears today a backward trend toward the 1950’s is all the rage for a few million of our fellow citizens.