Sue from Seattle: Von Drehle was 7 years old in 1968. I was 16 and still remember what an absolute terrible year it was.

YES THAT WORKED SO WELL AND DID NOT AT ALL THROW THE PARTY INTO A DIVISIVE NOMINATION CONTEST AND LOST ELECTION THAT WOULD HAUNT IT FOR THE NEXT HALF CENTURY

"So I'm reading this history of 1968. Such an important year. Anyway I'm only about halfway through but already there are so many lessons."

A good editor would get this piece and hand it back with “finish reading the Wikipedia entry for the 1968 election and revise” written in the margin instead of publishing it.

Von Drehle was 7 years old in 1968. I was 16 and still remember what an absolute terrible year it was.

I was six years old in 1968, and I know what a clusterfuck it was. That ain't age, it's willful ignorance.

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