# Is the 60s "counterculture" responsible for a lot todays "alt right?"

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**Created:** [August 22, 2022, 10:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-60s-counterculture-responsible-for-a-lot-todays-alt-right/970125 "2022-08-22T22:52:27Z")\
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**Author:** ![Workingdude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/f17d59/32.png) [@Workingdude](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Workingdude)\
**Post date:** [September 10, 2022, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-60s-counterculture-responsible-for-a-lot-todays-alt-right/970125/44 "2022-09-10T01:57:14Z")

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> [@nightshadea](#):
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> A friend of mines grandparent draws this conclusion as he made a comparison that a lot of the things the alt-right follows like anti-vaccinations and a lot q anon types of things started back in the 60s and even if they were well-meaning back in the day as people became older they managed to become conservative but managed to still believe in such things and the message became “corrupted”
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> does he have a point?

No he has no point as he is coming up with some ignorant hypothetical rhetoric. Also what does he mean by Alt Right?

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