MH - Listening to Reason(er) II

More wisdom from Harry Reasoner. At the time he was talking about hippies, but he could be talking about any of the more painful do-gooder liberal groups we see (and especially hear) today:

The reporters who have been dealing with the hippies in San Francisco are almost unanimous: They regard the movement as phony, distasteful and meaningless. You cannot reform the world, they contend, by loading flowers onto old ladies who may have other, more substantial lacks: you cannot improve a society by turning away from it except for material support.