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>>>Good post. My first foray into political activism was in my freshman year in college when we were running letter writing campaigns and phone banks in the spring of 65 to support the Voting Rights act. No meet-ups, or blogs, or emails. Lots of doorbells, mimeograph machines and stuffing envelopes ;-)
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>>And lots of women, I bet ;-)
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>Well, as everyone who remembers that period will tell you, one of the most erotic things you could discover in meeting a woman was that she was politically liberal and activist. It inspired many young men to take an interest in learning to talk passionately about issues (and I don't think that has changed ;-)
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>I am grateful this was before becoming a vegan was encouraged by earnest young women.
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>I rank that gratitude right up there with being so glad I was born early enough that I was never require to wear a ball cap with the bill turned around - the code which in my youth said clearly "Beat me up, take my lunch money and stick my head in the toilet for a swirlie"

How times have changed. How often do you see anyone wearing a ball cap with the bill turned to the front any more unless they are 30 or older... :o)