Down in Denver, down in Denver, all I did was die
| September 27th, 2008
(photo by wordcat57)
My response system must be flawed this morning because I just read Alexis Simendinger’s article, From the Beats to Barack, where he compared the Beat Generation to the so-called Obama Generation in light of the DNC being held in Denver. It’s an unqualified statement to make and only leads to the belief that Simendinger doesn’t really know all that much about the Beats. Doesn’t it take more than just a city in common to bring the two ideologies together?
In fact, Ginsberg went on to celebrate numerous arrests over the years for participating in anti-war, nuclear disarmament, and drug-legalization protests. “I saw opening up this whole universe where people wouldn’t be able to lie anymore!” he said in 1966 interview.
Without a doubt, war became the clarion call to the Obama generation. The candidate’s early opposition to the invasion of Iraq is now his claim to solid judgment, even in the absence of experience.
