Originally Posted by
N1120A
I'd say this country hit its stride when it comes to personal freedom between about 1967 and 9/10/2001. We had our problems, and we can debate all day various economic and foreign policies, but we were pretty ok on the domestic freedom front.
I'd put the Start Date somewhere between May 4, 1970 and August 9, 1974 (those dates made a huge impact on the nation, along with Aug 26-29 1968), and leave the end date at 9/10/2001.
We have returned to an environment that would seem very, very familiar to Joseph McCarthy, where folks were encouraged to "out" communists ("see something, say something"). We just have new legal rulings and a TSA to make the process more formal.