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In reply to the discussion: Spitting on the Troops: Old Myth, New Rumors [View all]Warpy
(111,437 posts)1. I only heard one of those stories directly from a vet
who was talking to me, not posturing at a press conference or pontificating to a group of people, a guy who was well aware of my bullshit detector.
He described the spitter as a high school punk showing off for his mates. I have no reason to doubt the story.
I'm sure it happened here and there. I never saw it at a demo, however, and most of the stories about it pin my bullshit detector. It is a very good one.
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I was called 'Baby-killer' on my first pass from the SF Army hospital treating me for my wounds
pinboy3niner
Nov 2014
#28
Didn't Ann Coulter come up with a spat on story that was shot down in flames a few years
brewens
Nov 2014
#2
Maybe. Any prosecutions you know of? I mean maybe a guy getting spat on and beating the crap out
brewens
Nov 2014
#5