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Paladin

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6. I wonder if Burns' documentary will deal with the Maya Lin controversy.

Reply to Zorro (Original post)

Sun Sep 3, 2017, 11:54 AM

Sep 2017

Some right-wing politicians and their dumb-shit followers opposed her design of the D.C. memorial...because she was Oriental.

Piece of shit war, fought for no decent purpose. And this country ended up learning not one damned thing from it. One of my cousins went over there with the Army and came back a drug-addled PTSD victim; finally blew his own brains out. Don't expect me or my family to watch the PBS series.

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Get ready for the next round in the battle over the Vietnam War [View all] Zorro Sep 2017 OP

For me the real heroes were... SHRED Sep 2017 #1

Took a lot of courage to be a conscientious objector in those days Bradshaw3 Sep 2017 #2

My senior year in college, I had a 70+ year old history professor. I bet he was under 5 feet Hoyt Sep 2017 #5

Vietnam and Civil Rights made/helped this country re-evaluate itself. I think we forgot the lessons. Hoyt Sep 2017 #3

Yeah it will open a lot of wounds Bradshaw3 Sep 2017 #4

I wonder if Burns' documentary will deal with the Maya Lin controversy. Paladin Sep 2017 #6

Some rugs are Oriental. Some food is Oriental. No people are Oriental. Thor_MN Sep 2017 #8

On behalf of my dead cousin, thanks for the public humiliation. (nt) Paladin Sep 2017 #9

I do not recall anything majorly heroic about the Vietnam War Not Ruth Sep 2017 #7