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submitted 4 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by Stamets@lemmy.world to c/whitepeopletwitter@sh.itjust.works

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It's stunning how many people seem to forget that there are other countries on the planet that use dollars and weren't involved in Vietnam. No, I'm not making an assumption. The person who posted this is Canadian.

Y'all really need to take a step back and reflect a little bit.

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[–] bluewing@lemm.ee 16 points 3 weeks ago (16 children)

They left out the part about getting drafted and sent to Vietnam with that 3rd grade education and risk dying for people that didn't care about you and other that hated you. Then coming home and getting spit on, literally spit on, by the people around you. And no one caring about the damage war caused you.

[–] zarkanian@sh.itjust.works 28 points 3 weeks ago (2 children)

This is a myth.

There is a persistent myth or misconception that many Vietnam War veterans were spat on and vilified by antiwar protesters during the late 1960s and early 1970s. These stories, which overwhelmingly surfaced many years after the war, usually involve an antiwar female spitting on a veteran, often yelling "baby killer". Most occur in U.S. civilian airports, usually San Francisco International, as GIs returned from the war zone in their uniforms.

No unambiguous documented incident of this behavior has ever surfaced, despite repeated and concerted efforts to uncover them.

[–] beejboytyson@lemmy.world -2 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I don't think he was talking about the protestors....

[–] Rekorse@sh.itjust.works 2 points 3 weeks ago

Vietnam vets and bdsm, name two things that go together better.

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