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Eliot Rosewater

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Thu Jul 25, 2024, 01:03 PM Jul 2024

BTW no, anti Vietnam War protesters did NOT spit on returning soldiers. And yet to this DAY I know [View all]

relatives and others who think all Dems are liberals and all liberals were against the soldiers.

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Spitting_Image


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Some returning soldiers were slso multigraincracker Jul 2024 #1
This myth and the pow myth were deliberately Voltaire2 Jul 2024 #2
The one thing that I remember about Vietnam Vets Klarkashton Jul 2024 #3
I served active duty 1969-73 and no one spit on me. Emile Jul 2024 #4
Yeah... Unfortunately even some Dems have internalized that. Even more, I was pretty surprised to see an hlthe2b Jul 2024 #5
I always presumed that there were isolated incidences.... TheRealNorth Jul 2024 #24
K&R Doc Sportello Jul 2024 #6
Respectfully disagree. H2O Man Jul 2024 #7
It could have happened. Only it didn't. bif Jul 2024 #10
Nope. H2O Man Jul 2024 #11
Do some research. bif Jul 2024 #12
Gosh. H2O Man Jul 2024 #14
I think the burden would be on those who said it happened onandup Jul 2024 #16
I agree. H2O Man Jul 2024 #17
I know a returning vet who was knifed at the riverwalk. He was wearing his uniform. LeftInTX Jul 2024 #8
Mandela effect at this point. haele Jul 2024 #9
I've been pointing this out since the mid-sixties skip fox Jul 2024 #13
There is actually not ONE proven case of it happening. There is a book about it Eliot Rosewater Jul 2024 #15
But I WAS attacked and beaten by vets, twice, orthoclad Jul 2024 #18
Sorry to hear that Eliot Rosewater Jul 2024 #19
The winners write history orthoclad Jul 2024 #20
The anti-war movement Tactical Progressive Jul 2024 #21
Never heard it put that way, perfect and beautiful Eliot Rosewater Jul 2024 #22
If it is only figurative, its bad enough. nt Prairie_Seagull Jul 2024 #23
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