Sixties futility

[Henry Musikar]

Without a doubt, Otto, but we also need to remember the long-term cooptation
of many hippies/yippies/freaks.  Jerry Rubin, for example, ended up a
"businessman." 

Pynch-Lit and life are not black and white, either/or.   Many short-hairs
were more actively opposed to the war than many long-hair poseurs.  FWIW, of
the Chicago 7, only Rubin and David Dellinger attended Abbie Hoffman's
funeral.

Henry Mu

-----Original Message-----
From: Otto
Sent: Friday, April 10, 2009 9:50 AM
To: Pynchon Liste
Subject: Sixties futility

Still the better choice compared to burning Vietnamese peasants.

2009/4/10 Henry Mu:
> We shouldn't confuse/conflate '60's actual with virtual/media '60's.
> Vineland interposes the media take with what appears to be experiential
> dark, light, and gray sides.  It wasn't all Life Magazine.  Most long-hair
> "hippies" were just long-hair pot-smokers looking for "free love."
>
> Henry Mu
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