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The Blue Flower

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Fri Jun 13, 2025, 06:34 PM Jun 2025

"A long, hot summer" [View all]

Does anyone else remember this description of summers of rioting in the 60s? The media repeated it like the unrest was a seasonal act of nature. I was a teen then. The memory came to me last night after I turned off the news.

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"A long, hot summer" [View all] The Blue Flower Jun 2025 OP
I had the same recollection SheltieLover Jun 2025 #1
Jaywalking OC375 Jun 2025 #2
I remember it quite well, in reference to the Watts Riot of 1965 iirc Hekate Jun 2025 #3
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