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Tom Ripley

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79. But...but...but..."Coming Home" was a documentary!

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Fri Jun 1, 2012, 11:10 PM

Jun 2012

I have always found it amusingly ironic that movie was one of the first places this myth began.

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David Sirota: The Legend of the Spat-Upon Veteran [View all] marmar Jun 2012 OP

Our congregation had a Bohunk68 Jun 2012 #1

I don't know about the spitting Voice for Peace Jun 2012 #32

Sorry, but I don't remember that at ALL.......... socialist_n_TN Jun 2012 #72

A former co-worker once spun a tale yellerpup Jun 2012 #2

Why would anyone on weed have the urge to spit on someone? Crowman1979 Jun 2012 #7

I suppose if an anal cyst can keep you from fightin' yellerpup Jun 2012 #12

Rush Limbaugh made fun of homeless Vietnam vets on his show. UnrepentantLiberal Jun 2012 #36

And O'Reilly slandered the 82nd Airborne by falsely claiming that the "Malmedy" massacre AnotherMcIntosh Jun 2012 #44

Or even the 285th FAOB malthaussen Jun 2012 #48

I assume that you're right. "O'Reilly falsely accusing the 82nd Airborne of a "massacre" in Malmédy AnotherMcIntosh Jun 2012 #52

Yep. O'Reilly doubtless had his "facts" wrong, malthaussen Jun 2012 #53

He's got his argument screwed up, but he's not totally wrong Rittermeister Jun 2012 #62

There was a lot of that in reaction to the massacre malthaussen Jun 2012 #64

I heard that story too, about vets coming home and "hippies" lining up on either side to spit on HiPointDem Jun 2012 #77

Part of painting the Left as unpatriotic. yellerpup Jun 2012 #80

Is it credible that someone would hurt this guy's feelings by spitting upon him? AnotherMcIntosh Jun 2012 #3

Every Vietnam vet I know... GoCubsGo Jun 2012 #11

Ask one of those vets what he would have done if a woman had done the spitting. malthaussen Jun 2012 #16

John-I-was-spit-upon-Rambo won't be able to answer because he was not a vet. AnotherMcIntosh Jun 2012 #24

The Conservatives did worse than spit. BiggJawn Jun 2012 #4

+1. Robb Jun 2012 #8

My older brother is a Vietnam war vet thucythucy Jun 2012 #5

That was more similar to my experience... kentuck Jun 2012 #6

American Legion, probably Mairead Jun 2012 #20

Absolutely. AnotherMcIntosh Jun 2012 #26

OMG.. Take a break dadchef Jun 2012 #47

"The American Legion, is now being called a fascist group" Mairead Jun 2012 #56

Perhaps so, I may have misunderstood where you where going.. dadchef Jun 2012 #60

Not a problem Mairead Jun 2012 #65

That tracks with my memory (as a kid in the 70's watching this)... JHB Jun 2012 #59

I came through SFO in 69 in uniform going home on leave from my first SGMRTDARMY Jun 2012 #78

What sometimes occurs to me is that there was a lot of opposition to "Kennedy's/Johnson's" war ... zbdent Jun 2012 #9

An excellent summary of the opposition to the war can be found here: AnotherMcIntosh Jun 2012 #14

Are you suggesting that the war was not largely *seen* as Mr Johnson's creation? malthaussen Jun 2012 #29

My words speak for themselves in response to the poster who said it was "Kennedy's/Johnson's" war. AnotherMcIntosh Jun 2012 #34

Ah, so your objection is the inclusion of Kennedy's name malthaussen Jun 2012 #35

My late husband spent 7 mo in San Francisco, never spat upon, never saw anyone spat upon duhneece Jun 2012 #10

I spent 18 months as a patient at Letterman in '70-'71 pinboy3niner Jun 2012 #68

According to Lt Frederick Downs malthaussen Jun 2012 #74

Mike went to Letterman in Feb 1971 duhneece Jun 2012 #84

If Mike was on the amputee ward, it's likely that I saw him then pinboy3niner Jun 2012 #85

I was at a lecture with other seniors listening to a retired college professor talk about CTyankee Jun 2012 #13

We are a huge country with millions upon millions VWolf Jun 2012 #18

Or maybe he misremembered and over the years he's gotten more comfortable with it. CTyankee Jun 2012 #21

If you're "sure there were a few spitting incidents here and there," AnotherMcIntosh Jun 2012 #25

Well yeah, that last paragraph sums it up pretty nicely.......... socialist_n_TN Jun 2012 #73

Anyone foolish enough The Wizard Jun 2012 #15

Would you have "dispatched" the spitter if it had been a woman? malthaussen Jun 2012 #23

Have any of those allegedly familiar with spit victims ever claimed that the spitor was a woman? AnotherMcIntosh Jun 2012 #27

Indeed, one could malthaussen Jun 2012 #33

yes (nt) The Wizard Jun 2012 #75

Really? You're unusual, then. malthaussen Jun 2012 #81

I suppose it might have happened a time or two, but I think such a thing MineralMan Jun 2012 #17

Stabbed in the back! The past and future of a right-wing myth - Harper's Magazine 2006 Kolesar Jun 2012 #19

Related is: "We had to fight with one hand tied behind our backs" yellowcanine Jun 2012 #30

Bomb Hanoi Kolesar Jun 2012 #37

The Stab in the Back Theory malthaussen Jun 2012 #22

A corollary: the liberal media lost the war. Forget about the courage and coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 #41

The urban myth: Walter Cronkite lost the war malthaussen Jun 2012 #45

Cronkite may not have sapped our will to continue, since continue we did coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 #46

Yup, I've heard that one, too. malthaussen Jun 2012 #50

I don't think LBJ allegedly said it to Bill Moyers (his press secretary). I think coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 #54

That last sentence, Coalition malthaussen Jun 2012 #57

You are more than welcome. It's funny the tricks memory plays on you, as coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 #61

Most of us young men at the time were eligible for the draft. Any one of us could have been sent to mulsh Jun 2012 #28

I generally agree with and support Sirota. I do feel I must point out coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 #31

I read Monday's thread, and I got the "anguish" that was expressed there Kolesar Jun 2012 #39

I'm not sure I'm allowed to reference DUers by posting name specifically - rules coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 #40

You mentioned that you were influenced by first-person reports from DUers in good standing. AnotherMcIntosh Jun 2012 #42

I understand where you are coming from (I think). Look, I was 8 years old in 1968 (when coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 #43

Drunks in bars are always thpitting after four or five beers! Kolesar Jun 2012 #71

It wasn't my war Capt. Obvious Jun 2012 #38

Another way in which Obama channels the worst of the Reagan Era Lies kenny blankenship Jun 2012 #49

I wouldn't call it a "Reagan Era lie," malthaussen Jun 2012 #51

Reagan started 'The Big Lie' when he called Vietnam "A noble cause". I still coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 #55

But wasn't Vietnam a "noble cause" before Reagan? malthaussen Jun 2012 #58

See Jerry Lembcke's book: July Jun 2012 #63

You and I are close contemporaries, then. malthaussen Jun 2012 #67

True, true. AverageJoe90 Jun 2012 #66

As one of the book's descriptions points out, Lembcke can't prove a negative. July Jun 2012 #70

The saliva soaked vets stand right next to Egalitarian Thug Jun 2012 #69

I had a co-worker who told me her husband was spit on when he returned from vietnam. She HiPointDem Jun 2012 #76

But...but...but..."Coming Home" was a documentary! Tom Ripley Jun 2012 #79

I remember 'Coming Home' being a profoundly anti-war and sad movie but don't remember coalition_unwilling Jun 2012 #82

The one who spat hardest was Reagan, with his cuts to veterans' benefit and slashing social services suffragette Jun 2012 #83

There are some people who are much more to blame than a few scattered self-righteous kids JHB Jun 2012 #86

I was a college student during the height of the Vietnam War, and Lydia Leftcoast Jun 2012 #87

I served 3 tours in RVN, came through the SF airport 5 times, always treated well 1-Old-Man Jun 2012 #88

I came through SFO in 69 in early to mid Dec in uniform SGMRTDARMY Jun 2012 #89