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In reply to the discussion: David Sirota: The Legend of the Spat-Upon Veteran [View all]kentuck
(111,092 posts)6. That was more similar to my experience...
I came back from Vietnam twice and did not see anyone abused or spit upon. But, I can't say that it never happened?
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And O'Reilly slandered the 82nd Airborne by falsely claiming that the "Malmedy" massacre
AnotherMcIntosh
Jun 2012
#44
I assume that you're right. "O'Reilly falsely accusing the 82nd Airborne of a "massacre" in Malmédy
AnotherMcIntosh
Jun 2012
#52
I heard that story too, about vets coming home and "hippies" lining up on either side to spit on
HiPointDem
Jun 2012
#77
Is it credible that someone would hurt this guy's feelings by spitting upon him?
AnotherMcIntosh
Jun 2012
#3
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
What sometimes occurs to me is that there was a lot of opposition to "Kennedy's/Johnson's" war ...
zbdent
Jun 2012
#9
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
My late husband spent 7 mo in San Francisco, never spat upon, never saw anyone spat upon
duhneece
Jun 2012
#10
I was at a lecture with other seniors listening to a retired college professor talk about
CTyankee
Jun 2012
#13
Or maybe he misremembered and over the years he's gotten more comfortable with it.
CTyankee
Jun 2012
#21
Have any of those allegedly familiar with spit victims ever claimed that the spitor was a woman?
AnotherMcIntosh
Jun 2012
#27
Stabbed in the back! The past and future of a right-wing myth - Harper's Magazine 2006
Kolesar
Jun 2012
#19
A corollary: the liberal media lost the war. Forget about the courage and
coalition_unwilling
Jun 2012
#41
Cronkite may not have sapped our will to continue, since continue we did
coalition_unwilling
Jun 2012
#46
I don't think LBJ allegedly said it to Bill Moyers (his press secretary). I think
coalition_unwilling
Jun 2012
#54
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'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
Reagan started 'The Big Lie' when he called Vietnam "A noble cause". I still
coalition_unwilling
Jun 2012
#55
I had a co-worker who told me her husband was spit on when he returned from vietnam. She
HiPointDem
Jun 2012
#76
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 served 3 tours in RVN, came through the SF airport 5 times, always treated well
1-Old-Man
Jun 2012
#88