Half Of Americans Want To Take The Country Back To The 1950s

[occupied]

At least until the GOP during and after the Civil War changed it.......

I will agree with that, but unamended it is still the law of the land, as the text is written.

The civil war amendments were the last word in that argument. The surrender at Appomattox was the next to last word in that argument.

What?

You said "unamended". You cannot ignore the amendments in your constitutional arguments. Many Dixiecrats also considered all the post civil war Amendments to be invalid.

A surrender does not amend the Constitution.

It damned sure settled the argument didn't it? Or it should have, you neo-confederates still loath every last part of the 14th amendment.

 

[Rustic]

Donald Trump’s supporters are far more likely to be nostalgic.

Americans are close to evenly split on whether the U.S. has gotten better or worse in the past 60 years, according to a new survey from the nonprofit organization PRRI.

Fifty-one percent say that American culture and way of life have worsened since the 1950s, while 48 percent say they have changed for the better.

Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton supporters are on opposite ends of the spectrum. Seventy-two percent of likely Trump voters think things have changed for the worse, while about 70 person of Clinton voters think things have changed for the better.

“This election has become a referendum on competing visions of America’s future,” Robert P. Jones, PRRI’s CEO, said in a statement. “Donald Trump supporters are nostalgic for the 1950s, an era when white Christians in particular had more political and cultural power in the country, while Hillary Clinton supporters are leaning into ― and even celebrating ― the big cultural transformations the country has experienced over the last few decades.”

Democrats, millennials, black Americans and people who aren’t affiliated with any religion ― all groups that are largely backing Clinton ― are among the most likely to think that things have improved. Republicans, white evangelical Protestants and members of the white working class ― groups that have shown more support for Trump ― are the most likely to express nostalgia for the 1950s.

PRRI

“We argue over whether we’re divided by race, class, gender or religion,” columnist E.J. Dionne said Tuesday at a panel discussing the poll’s release. “What’s really scary about this poll is that we are divided by all of the following: class, race, gender and religion. We are deeply divided by these things.”

A similar survey question from Pew Research found that Trump and Clinton supporters are also divided over how life has changed specifically for “people like them” ― Clinton supporters say by a 40-point margin that it has gotten better over the past 50 years, but Trump supporters say by a 70-point margin that it’s gotten worse.

More: Half Of Americans Want To Take The Country Back To The 1950s

I miss a lot of things from the good ole days - and a lot of things I don't miss. It's no surprise that whites in the above chart perceive things as worse. I guess they are afraid - because they'll soon be a minority. Hispanics are slowly reclaiming their stolen birthright and rising up as a powerful political force. We Native Americans are just watching the show.

Washington Redskin, you a casino Indian...
Political correctness does make you look like a pussy.

 

[deltex1]

Ahhh the 50s! You could beat your wife when she got mouthy , drive drunk, watercannon blacks if they dared to be equal , no asians , no Hispanics . No gays. White men running everything .

Oh yeah, the republican dream!

White men still run everything Timmy...get yo ass to the back o de buss...

 

[Mitsu]

Ahhh the 50s! You could beat your wife when she got mouthy , drive drunk, watercannon blacks if they dared to be equal , no asians , no Hispanics . No gays. White men running everything .

Oh yeah, the republican dream!

And me barefoot and pregnant, getting you a sandwich and a beer! Why am I not thrilled?

 

[occupied]

Ahhh the 50s! You could beat your wife when she got mouthy , drive drunk, watercannon blacks if they dared to be equal , no asians , no Hispanics . No gays. White men running everything .

Oh yeah, the republican dream!

It surely is, someone needs to tell these people that the Andy Griffith Show was not a documentary.

 

[defcon4]

Ahhh the 50s! You could beat your wife when she got mouthy , drive drunk, watercannon blacks if they dared to be equal , no asians , no Hispanics . No gays. White men running everything .

Oh yeah, the republican dream!

The situation is lot better now

 

[Timmy]

Ahhh the 50s! You could beat your wife when she got mouthy , drive drunk, watercannon blacks if they dared to be equal , no asians , no Hispanics . No gays. White men running everything .

Oh yeah, the republican dream!

The situation is lot better now

When your a shit police department, you reap what you sow .

 

[CrusaderFrank]

Families stayed together, schools taught, people worked....what a Progressive nightmare!

 

[Timmy]

Ahhh the 50s! You could beat your wife when she got mouthy , drive drunk, watercannon blacks if they dared to be equal , no asians , no Hispanics . No gays. White men running everything .

Oh yeah, the republican dream!

And me barefoot and pregnant, getting you a sandwich and a beer! Why am I not thrilled?

Hey. When righties go to the doctor they can ask for the 50s treatment ! It's penicillin and that's it.

 

[Timmy]

Families stayed together, schools taught, people worked....what a Progressive nightmare!

Unions were prevelent .

 

[occupied]

Ahhh the 50s! You could beat your wife when she got mouthy , drive drunk, watercannon blacks if they dared to be equal , no asians , no Hispanics . No gays. White men running everything .

Oh yeah, the republican dream!

The situation is lot better now

Why are you surprised that AA people have finally had enough with their systemically unequal treatment by the criminal justice system? They've been complaining about it forever but you never took notice until they got uppity.

 

[occupied]

Families stayed together, schools taught, people worked....what a Progressive nightmare!

Unions were prevelent .

Yes the very peak of union membership in America occurred around 1955 at around 30%.

 

[deltex1]

Ahhh the 50s! You could beat your wife when she got mouthy , drive drunk, watercannon blacks if they dared to be equal , no asians , no Hispanics . No gays. White men running everything .

Oh yeah, the republican dream!

And me barefoot and pregnant, getting you a sandwich and a beer! Why am I not thrilled?

Hey. When righties go to the doctor they can ask for the 50s treatment ! It's penicillin and that's it.

We never went to the doctor...we went to bed...Vaseline up the nose...sock around neck...plenty of water...maybe a cough drop....

 

[Sun Devil 92]

Ahhh the 50s! You could beat your wife when she got mouthy , drive drunk, watercannon blacks if they dared to be equal , no asians , no Hispanics . No gays. White men running everything .

Oh yeah, the republican dream!

And me barefoot and pregnant, getting you a sandwich and a beer! Why am I not thrilled?

Hey. When righties go to the doctor they can ask for the 50s treatment ! It's penicillin and that's it.

But today we get a bunch of drugs for ADHD.....and the kids in schools are zombies.

I have no interest in the 50's. But I don't kid myself into thinking that today is all that great.

 

[defcon4]

Ahhh the 50s! You could beat your wife when she got mouthy , drive drunk, watercannon blacks if they dared to be equal , no asians , no Hispanics . No gays. White men running everything .

Oh yeah, the republican dream!

The situation is lot better now

Why are you surprised that AA people have finally had enough with their systemically unequal treatment by the criminal justice system? They've been complaining about it forever but you never took notice until they got uppity.

Most cases are the result of civil disobedience and disrespect for just laws. Criminal justice system went to shit when it became lenient with sentencing criminals. Sanctions supposed to have the effect of deterrence in anticipating the punishment.

 

[occupied]

Ahhh the 50s! You could beat your wife when she got mouthy , drive drunk, watercannon blacks if they dared to be equal , no asians , no Hispanics . No gays. White men running everything .

Oh yeah, the republican dream!

And me barefoot and pregnant, getting you a sandwich and a beer! Why am I not thrilled?

Hey. When righties go to the doctor they can ask for the 50s treatment ! It's penicillin and that's it.

But today we get a bunch of drugs for ADHD.....and the kids in schools are zombies.

I have no interest in the 50's. But I don't kid myself into thinking that today is all that great.

Today is an awesome time to be alive if you can somehow quit being so bitter about everything. We have problems just like any era but now we finally have the tools to end many of the problems that have haunted mankind since the beginning.

 

[Sun Devil 92]

Ahhh the 50s! You could beat your wife when she got mouthy , drive drunk, watercannon blacks if they dared to be equal , no asians , no Hispanics . No gays. White men running everything .

Oh yeah, the republican dream!

And me barefoot and pregnant, getting you a sandwich and a beer! Why am I not thrilled?

Hey. When righties go to the doctor they can ask for the 50s treatment ! It's penicillin and that's it.

But today we get a bunch of drugs for ADHD.....and the kids in schools are zombies.

I have no interest in the 50's. But I don't kid myself into thinking that today is all that great.

Today is an awesome time to be alive if you can somehow quit being so bitter about everything. We have problems just like any era but now we finally have the tools to end many of the problems that have haunted mankind since the beginning.

The 50's were probably an awesome time too.

Nobody has to be bitter to realize that today has all kinds of issues.

Don't believe me.....just look at the two turds we have running for POTUS.

 

[occupied]

Ahhh the 50s! You could beat your wife when she got mouthy , drive drunk, watercannon blacks if they dared to be equal , no asians , no Hispanics . No gays. White men running everything .

Oh yeah, the republican dream!

The situation is lot better now

Why are you surprised that AA people have finally had enough with their systemically unequal treatment by the criminal justice system? They've been complaining about it forever but you never took notice until they got uppity.

Most cases are the result of civil disobedience and disrespect for just laws. Criminal justice system went to shit when it became lenient with sentencing criminals. Sanctions supposed to have the effect of deterrence in anticipating the punishment.

We have some of the harshest sentencing for practically every crime petty and major in the western world so no, getting tougher is not the answer to any crime problem we have as long as we continue to totally ignore why crime occurs in the first place.

 

[deltex1]

Ahhh the 50s! You could beat your wife when she got mouthy , drive drunk, watercannon blacks if they dared to be equal , no asians , no Hispanics . No gays. White men running everything .

Oh yeah, the republican dream!

And me barefoot and pregnant, getting you a sandwich and a beer! Why am I not thrilled?

Hey. When righties go to the doctor they can ask for the 50s treatment ! It's penicillin and that's it.

But today we get a bunch of drugs for ADHD.....and the kids in schools are zombies.

I have no interest in the 50's. But I don't kid myself into thinking that today is all that great.

Today is an awesome time to be alive if you can somehow quit being so bitter about everything. We have problems just like any era but now we finally have the tools to end many of the problems that have haunted mankind since the beginning.

The problems that have haunted mankind are lust for power, lust for pussy, and lying about it. Sound like any one you know?

 

[occupied]

Ahhh the 50s! You could beat your wife when she got mouthy , drive drunk, watercannon blacks if they dared to be equal , no asians , no Hispanics . No gays. White men running everything .

Oh yeah, the republican dream!

And me barefoot and pregnant, getting you a sandwich and a beer! Why am I not thrilled?

Hey. When righties go to the doctor they can ask for the 50s treatment ! It's penicillin and that's it.

But today we get a bunch of drugs for ADHD.....and the kids in schools are zombies.

I have no interest in the 50's. But I don't kid myself into thinking that today is all that great.

Today is an awesome time to be alive if you can somehow quit being so bitter about everything. We have problems just like any era but now we finally have the tools to end many of the problems that have haunted mankind since the beginning.

The 50's were probably an awesome time too.

Nobody has to be bitter to realize that today has all kinds of issues.

Don't believe me.....just look at the two turds we have running for POTUS.

The 50s were apparently a good time to be a kid, the people who lived through WWII came back and doted on their children to the point that the boomers are the most spoiled, self-entitled bunch of crybabies America ever produced. I was brought up in the 60s-70s and there was enough of that attitude still around that I too yearn for those simpler times but I am enough of an adult that I know it can never be the same again. Today's youth are courageous in ways we never were, so unlike many I have great hope, remember hope? Plenty of good things still around to have hope in abundance if you can quit watching cable news and look around the real world.