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From: fsks@unc.UUCP (Frank Silbermann)
Newsgroups: net.singles,net.flame
Subject: Re: What is a yuppie?
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Date: Thu, 7-Nov-85 18:13:55 EST
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Posted: Thu Nov  7 18:13:55 1985
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Summary: 

Ken Perlow (Gadfly) writes (about the '60s):
>--Even back then, we knew damn well that we'd wind up compromising
>a number of our oh-so-lofty principles, round off a few of the rough
>edges here and there.  But never, *never*, did any of us ever suspect
>that our whole generation en masse would throw away the very essence
>of the progressive ideals it held dear and spit on them.
>
>I'm talking to *you*, Mr/Ms 35-year-old, used-to-know-all-six-verses-
>of-Solidarity-Forever activist-turned-fiscal-conservative, a/k/a
>"libertarian", a/k/a "objectivist".  You're so spineless you couldn't
>stand the cognitive dissonance associated with possessing both a portfolio
>and principles.  So there you sit, materially well-off but morally
>bankrupt.

Get real, will ya'?  Lofty principles and ideals of the 60's?
Give me a break!  Most of the 60's youth didn't even understand
the slogans the spouted.  It was merely fashion -- the cool thing
to do at the time (and if you weren't cool, how could you hope
to get laid?).  Sure, a few of the New Left (read "communist") yippies
knew what they were doing, but for most of the rest, it was just
one big party.  Seeing a few old films like "Getting Straight"
(starring Elliot Gould and Candice Bergen) or "Fritz the Cat"
(starring himself) will set you straight about the motivations
and concerns of that time.

	Frank Silbermann