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Eliot Rosewater

(31,983 posts) Thu Jul 25, 2024, 02:03 PM Jul 25

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 25 #1

This myth and the pow myth were deliberately Voltaire2 Jul 25 #2

The one thing that I remember about Vietnam Vets Klarkashton Jul 25 #3

I served active duty 1969-73 and no one spit on me. Emile Jul 25 #4

I always presumed that there were isolated incidences.... TheRealNorth Jul 26 #24

K&R Doc Sportello Jul 25 #6

Respectfully disagree. H2O Man Jul 25 #7

It could have happened. Only it didn't. bif Jul 25 #10

Nope. H2O Man Jul 25 #11

Do some research. bif Jul 25 #12

Gosh. H2O Man Jul 25 #14

I think the burden would be on those who said it happened onandup Jul 25 #16

I agree. H2O Man Jul 25 #17

Mandela effect at this point. haele Jul 25 #9

I've been pointing this out since the mid-sixties skip fox Jul 25 #13

But I WAS attacked and beaten by vets, twice, orthoclad Jul 26 #18

Sorry to hear that Eliot Rosewater Jul 26 #19

The winners write history orthoclad Jul 26 #20

The anti-war movement Tactical Progressive Jul 26 #21

Never heard it put that way, perfect and beautiful Eliot Rosewater Jul 26 #22

If it is only figurative, its bad enough. nt Prairie_Seagull Jul 26 #23