Average of 5 bombings/day for 18 months. 1971-1972

"In a single eighteen-month period during 1971 and 1972 the FBI counted an amazing 2,500 bombings on American soil, almost five a day."

We were much more divided then. Seems worse today due to internet & social media.

In response to this post by MP4VT2004

Posted: 07/11/2020 at 5:23PM

Do you think in your lifetime..... -- MrBayAreaHokie 07/11/2020 1:20PM

The 60's was when I came of age. A wild ride for sure -- HokieR 07/11/2020 6:25PM

I'm not overly hopeful about that. America seems more divided now... -- MP4VT2004 07/11/2020 3:32PM

I think it’s going to take one of the Young Young generations -- accfootballrules 07/11/2020 6:30PM

Could be Completely in Deep Right field with this thought process lol -- accfootballrules 07/11/2020 7:37PM

The Golden Rule is a very simple concept... -- MP4VT2004 07/12/2020 02:25AM

I’m not old enough but what about during Vietnam? Was the country divided -- VTScanlo 07/11/2020 4:24PM

Not at the end. Which was 1972-3 I believe. Much worse in the 60s. ** -- UTPr0sim 07/11/2020 7:18PM

Yeah, I'm not old enough for that either... -- MP4VT2004 07/11/2020 4:37PM

Average of 5 bombings/day for 18 months. 1971-1972 -- Stork 07/11/2020 5:23PM

And bombers were later hired by the University of Chicago as professors -- EDGEMAN 07/12/2020 07:28AM

Wow! I never heard of those. Craziness. ** -- VTScanlo 07/11/2020 7:08PM

We don't beleive anything that our point of view doesn't support. That is -- UTPr0sim 07/11/2020 3:34PM

I think the problem is that few have reasonable sources -- HokieHutch 07/11/2020 3:44PM

Exactly. ** -- MP4VT2004 07/11/2020 3:48PM

Speak for yourself. -- MP4VT2004 07/11/2020 3:41PM

I wish it was just me, But obviously its not. Glad your a wonderful human -- UTPr0sim 07/11/2020 7:16PM

The tone of this post is exactly what I'm talking about. -- MP4VT2004 07/11/2020 7:28PM

What did "Speak for yourself" Mean? You don't see that going on? -- UTPr0sim 07/11/2020 7:55PM

Please accept my apologies then - that was not my intent... -- MP4VT2004 07/11/2020 8:11PM

70s were better. Decade of Love, Free spirit, Anything goes and great -- UTPr0sim 07/11/2020 1:45PM

Economy didn’t get better? -- Hokie1992 07/11/2020 3:13PM

The 80s and double digit inflation and Interest rates sucked. but maybe -- UTPr0sim 07/11/2020 3:27PM

Once Carter was gone the economy thrived- thank goodness ** -- hokiewasp 07/11/2020 11:27PM

That caused a lot of car dealers to go bankrupt. -- HokieR 07/11/2020 6:20PM

And disco, bell-bottoms, shag carpet... ** -- LonghornHokie 07/11/2020 2:53PM

Watergate. Vietnam. The misery index. Arab oil embargo. Iran hostage crisis -- RoswellGAHokie 07/11/2020 3:11PM

Not calling myself a savior, but I was born in the final days of '79... ** -- LonghornHokie 07/11/2020 3:22PM

The nightly news reported the Misery Index during the Carter Admin. -- Hokie CPA 07/11/2020 2:22PM

Yeah, I remember being able to purchase gas on certain days depending on -- Nortazhokie 07/11/2020 5:16PM

Agree. 70s weren't above average ** -- 133743Hokie 07/11/2020 2:39PM

They were all about the same economically data inside.... -- UTPr0sim 07/11/2020 3:33PM

I had a lot more fun in the 70s, just saying.... ** -- UTPr0sim 07/11/2020 3:26PM

HS and college for me so I did too! ** -- 133743Hokie 07/11/2020 3:28PM

In terms of nice people it was much better than the 2000s ** -- 81_Hokie 07/11/2020 2:44PM

I dunno about a great economy. 73-75 recession, oil embargoes, stagflation -- mancunian 07/11/2020 2:03PM

Waiting in gAs lines only to have the station say they out of fuel sucked ** -- Hokie1992 07/11/2020 3:15PM

1971 also marked the end of the Bretton Woods system when the $ became a -- HokieEngineer 07/11/2020 2:35PM

I was a kid in the 80s, so of course everything seemed perfect for me. ** -- HokieGator 07/11/2020 1:28PM

Yeah, I graduated VT in 88 -- MrBayAreaHokie 07/11/2020 10:52PM

Average of 5 bombings/day for 18 months. 1971-1972

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