I'm 21, so for me it's still in the realm of history, but not quite as far off.

And yes, wacky liberal land is the East Coast. DC suburbs in MD. We had a lot of teachers who had been jailed for civil disobedience in the 60s, and IIRC my US History teacher actually set some sort of NC State Supreme Court precedent for conscientious objectors. He told us stories about his time in jail, too. :D

So yes, I have renamed it wacky liberal land.