Noah Cook on Nostr: You may want to back up a bit: why was the 1968 convention so contentious? Feel free ...
You may want to back up a bit: why was the 1968 convention so contentious?
Feel free to blame everyone involved in the riots, but doing so overlooks that the riots themselves were a symptom of the power vacuum left by LBJ's decision not to run. Usually the convention for an incumbent President is a coronation and coordinated political message of "four more years".
You seem very certain that a brokered convention *this time* will somehow avoid fascist agents provocateur and riots
Feel free to blame everyone involved in the riots, but doing so overlooks that the riots themselves were a symptom of the power vacuum left by LBJ's decision not to run. Usually the convention for an incumbent President is a coronation and coordinated political message of "four more years".
You seem very certain that a brokered convention *this time* will somehow avoid fascist agents provocateur and riots