For the true Old Army crowd... (Roe vs Wade)

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Raptor
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11:41a, 5/9/22
What were the reactions like when the decision came out originally in 1973? Obviously there was no social media, outside of water cooler talk.

Did it flood the news?

Were there protests?

Did anyone in politics get blacklisted for choosing one side vs the other?

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Wabs
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11:43a, 5/9/22
Were there threats and intimidation against SC judges at their homes?
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Paradise Ag
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11:50a, 5/9/22

I recall it being a very unpopular decision among the < 0 yr old demographic.
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SA68AG
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11:51a, 5/9/22
I don't even remember any reaction but then I was too busy working and trying to support a family.
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Ag4life80
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11:57a, 5/9/22
It was certainly not a big newsmaker.
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11:58a, 5/9/22
Not old enough then but there were a lot of major events happening during the time the decision was announced:

Nixon inauguration
Watergate investigation
Vietnam War Peace Accord announced
LBJ dies
Apollo 17 moon landing
American League adopts DH

The nation's attention was distracted

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In reply to SA68AG • 12:01p, 5/9/22
SA68AG said:
I don't even remember any reaction but then I was too busy working and trying to support a family.


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12:03p, 5/9/22
I'd imagine that the topic of abortion was too taboo to cover in the news markets that would have cared the most, even if talking about a supreme court decision.
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In reply to Oscar Diggs • 12:03p, 5/9/22
Oscar Diggs said:
Not old enough then but there were a lot of major events happening during the time the decision was announced:

Nixon inauguration
Watergate investigation
Vietnam War Peace Accord announced
LBJ dies
Apollo 17 moon landing
American League adopts DH

The nation's attention was distracted



Once we're done with RvW, the DH better be looking over his shoulder.
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1:39p, 5/9/22
Not a lot of people were aware of what happened to the baby in utero during the procedure. It was largely opposed by Catholics from the northeast. With imaging, we saw the baby's reaction and moral outrage took root among evangelicals, and that was what moved the meter on its abolition.
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1:43p, 5/9/22
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In reply to ABATTBQ87 • 1:46p, 5/9/22
Long Hair On the Way Out for Men??

LOL.
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In reply to Paradise Ag • 1:46p, 5/9/22
Paradise Ag said:

I recall it being a very unpopular decision among the < 0 yr old demographic.
So there was kicking, but no screaming...
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In reply to aggiehawg • 1:47p, 5/9/22
aggiehawg said:
Long Hair On the Way Out for Men??

LOL.
Beat me to it!
Hillary paid for warrant to spy on Trump.
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1:49p, 5/9/22
I remember those of us on the right were very unhappy with the decision but we did not go BSC because unlike the left today we weren't BSC.

I do remember talking to a Jewish girl who was really glad about the decision and I asked her:

"So you are Jewish, right?"
"Yes."
"So you still think the messiah is coming?"
"Yes"
"How do you know he won't be aborted?"
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In reply to Oscar Diggs • 1:50p, 5/9/22
Oscar Diggs said:
Not old enough then but there were a lot of major events happening during the time the decision was announced:

Nixon inauguration
Watergate investigation
Vietnam War Peace Accord announced
LBJ dies
Apollo 17 moon landing
American League adopts DH

The nation's attention was distracted



You left out…

Tramp96 was born.

It was a big event in 1973. Huge.
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In reply to Tramp96 • 1:52p, 5/9/22
Tramp96 said:
Oscar Diggs said:
Not old enough then but there were a lot of major events happening during the time the decision was announced:

Nixon inauguration
Watergate investigation
Vietnam War Peace Accord announced
LBJ dies
Apollo 17 moon landing
American League adopts DH

The nation's attention was distracted



You left out…

Tramp96 was born.

It was a big event in 1973. Huge.
I was 5 years old and tested out of TT and went to kindergarten instead
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In reply to ABATTBQ87 • 2:02p, 5/9/22
One of those stories is not like the others...

Former president, and texas governor, dies
Roe v Wade
Student dies
FBI director is going to be on campus
Story about whether or not women should stay on campus.

And a story about men's fashion?
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In reply to DX2011 • 2:12p, 5/9/22
DX2011 said:
One of those stories is not like the others...

Former president, and texas governor, dies
Roe v Wade
Student dies
FBI director is going to be on campus
Story about whether or not women should stay on campus.

And a story about men's fashion?
Who was the governor that died?
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Martin Cash
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2:15p, 5/9/22
Middle of my PH year. It was big, but the main reaction was stunned disbelief. It came out of the blue and no one was expecting the ruling, to the best of my recollection.
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2:21p, 5/9/22
Is SCONA still a big deal, or has it been displaced by Draggieland?
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In reply to Raptor • 2:35p, 5/9/22
I turned seven in 1973 so don't remember.

At that time I mostly remember Watergate, Patty Hurst and the Vietnam war being on television all the time.
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In reply to Martin Cash • 2:38p, 5/9/22
Martin Cash said:
DX2011 said:
One of those stories is not like the others...

Former president, and texas governor, dies
Roe v Wade
Student dies
FBI director is going to be on campus
Story about whether or not women should stay on campus.

And a story about men's fashion?
Who was the governor that died?


Fail on my part, I thought LBJ was govenor prior to VP, not a Senator.
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2:39p, 5/9/22
Born in 1978 to zero-population growth hippies. Just glad to be here.
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In reply to aggiehawg • 2:49p, 5/9/22
aggiehawg said:
Long Hair On the Way Out for Men??

LOL.


LBJ grew a mullet in his final years. Maybe these headlines are linked.
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Burdizzo
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2:51p, 5/9/22
Wonder what LBJ knew about the Clintons
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2:52p, 5/9/22
I had recently arrived in SEA and don't even remember it. Only news was "Stars and Stripes". I was more concerned about surviving my year long tour.
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In reply to Burdizzo • 3:27p, 5/9/22
And it looked terrible

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3:29p, 5/9/22
Wasn't a big deal. Twitter was completely silent on it apparently.
Let's go, Brandon!
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In reply to Burdizzo • 3:45p, 5/9/22
Burdizzo said:
Oscar Diggs said:
Not old enough then but there were a lot of major events happening during the time the decision was announced:

Nixon inauguration
Watergate investigation
Vietnam War Peace Accord announced
LBJ dies
Apollo 17 moon landing
American League adopts DH

The nation's attention was distracted



Once we're done with RvW, the DH better be looking over his shoulder.
This! It's unAmerican and likely unconstitutional to replace your worst hitter with your worst fielder.
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In reply to BQ78 • 3:48p, 5/9/22
BQ78 said:
And it looked terrible

Looch twenty years from now ?
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In reply to BQ78 • 4:29p, 5/9/22
BQ78 said:
And it looked terrible

and Joe Biden plagiarized that look

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4:39p, 5/9/22
America 1973...

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In reply to Burdizzo • 4:45p, 5/9/22
Burdizzo said:
Oscar Diggs said:
Not old enough then but there were a lot of major events happening during the time the decision was announced:

Nixon inauguration
Watergate investigation
Vietnam War Peace Accord announced
LBJ dies
Apollo 17 moon landing
American League adopts DH

The nation's attention was distracted



Once we're done with RvW, the DH better be looking over his shoulder.
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In reply to ABATTBQ87 • 4:54p, 5/9/22
I think that picture of LBJ was taken when he was on campus for General Rudder's funeral. I remember seeing him and thinking he was trying to look like Sam Houston.

January of 1973, I was working for my uncle. He was hiring in those days and made me an offer I couldn't refuse.
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