![]() Few adults, I am afraid, will ever break free of the crippling attitudes that have been programmed into their personalities – racism, self-righteousness, lack of concern for the losers of the world, and an excessive regard for property. That is the one thing it could never stand to do. Without someone to blame, like the Communists abroad and the young and black at home, middle America would be forced to consider whether all the problems of our time were in any way its own fault. It is as if Americans have to have a "nigger," a target for its hidden frustrations and guilt. Youth is in the process of being classed with the dark- skinned minorities as the object of popular scorn and hatred. Curse them as hippies and immoral, dirty fanatics after all, we older Americans could not have been wrong about anything important, because our hearts are all in the right place and God is always on our side, so anyone who opposes us must be insane, and probably in the pay of the godless Communists. Is the nation wasting its young men and its honor in an unjust war? Never mind - direct your frustration at the long-haired young people who are shouting in the streets that the war must end. ![]() ![]() It is to use youth as scapegoats for the sins of their elders. “The most tragic error into which older people can fall is one that is common among educators and politicians. ![]()
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