And because its hearts were pure, it awarded itself exemption from rules and laws written for less sensitive souls. In the name of civil rights, abortion rights or gay rights, one was entitled to engage in civil disobedience. Even the violence used by the left was of a higher order. Consensual sex has no moral component. Whether one does drugs is one's own business.
Abortion is a matter of choice, and there exists no objective moral order.
One chooses a moral code to suits one's own personality and lifestyle. In the culture, Woodstock triumphed. Hollywood today celebrates values that are the antithesis of the patriotism, courage, fidelity and honor it celebrated only 40 years ago. But in politics, Woodstock was routed. With Clinton's victory in 1992, the cultural war ratcheted up.