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Ping Tung

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27. I burned my draft card and went to lots of demos.

Thu May 2, 2024, 01:53 PM

May 2

The draft card burning was symbolic for me. I 'd already put in my 4 years of being a trained killer. Note: I never killed anyone. My enlistment was up before they could send me to Vietnam to kill people I didn't know, had nothing against, and might have been friends with. Just so LBJ could burnish his anti-communist creds.

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What isn't a peaceful protest [View all] ripcord May 2 OP

K&R betsuni May 2 #1

I thought it was a well thought out speech. Acknowledgement but not condescending. walkingman May 2 #2

Okay, but Jilly_in_VA May 2 #3

Students were harrassed by the encampment members. No need for a camp anyway. Demsrule86 May 2 #4

"those who feel empowered to unleash their antisemitic views" DavidDvorkin May 2 #10

Yeah, it's a war thousands of miles away where we can't really stop it!! progressoid May 2 #17

"The idea that you protest a war thousands of miles away where we can't really stop it." Cuthbert Allgood May 2 #40

A pro-Israel mob attacked these kids with slurs, fists, mace, and fireworks. Police watched for HOURS & did nothing. Celerity May 2 #8

You respond to a question/post posed about UW stopdiggin May 2 #19

I am aware of what UW Madison is. I posted the UCLA footage to show that the violence is not a one way street. Celerity May 2 #39

Police moved in overnight at UCLA and arrested hundreds without incident, like at Columbia. SunSeeker May 2 #25

It was wrong for the counter protesters to attack RandySF May 2 #33

Arrest them all. No exceptions. No negotiations. Beastly Boy May 2 #36

The way things unraveled at UCLA was horrible, and I believe there will be LauraInLA May 2 #41

The problem I see is that there are so many different situations and LauraInLA May 2 #35

K &R rollin74 May 2 #5

Where were all of you during Vietnam? iemanja May 2 #6

I wasn't even a twinkle in my daddy's eye JustAnotherGen May 2 #11

My dad was there when I was 10 in 1966. He was a pilot in the AF. LeftInTX May 2 #13

Did that mean you were a supporter of that war? iemanja May 2 #14

No, but you asked so I answered. LeftInTX May 2 #15

I thought the meaning of my question was clear iemanja May 2 #21

you were perhaps assuming stopdiggin May 2 #29

No iemanja May 2 #30

No. That assumption was probably correct. stopdiggin May 2 #37

I'm not making a "play" iemanja May 2 #43

people are dying in droves in in other parts of the world as well stopdiggin May 2 #45

I agree with this analysis. ShazzieB May 2 #48

It's still our 'month' JustAnotherGen May 2 #16

It was not a fun time for me. LeftInTX May 2 #20

I believe it JustAnotherGen May 2 #24

sweating out a lottery number stopdiggin May 2 #23

I burned my draft card and went to lots of demos. Ping Tung May 2 #27

. WhiskeyGrinder May 2 #7

I find that quote powerful -- who is the author? LauraInLA May 2 #44

Wow! LOVE this quote! calimary May 2 #47

"Threatening people, intimidating people, instilling fear in people is not a peaceful protest." WhiskeyGrinder May 2 #9

not really. cab67 May 2 #18

I'm not talking about protests. Students are regularly harassed, stalked and assaulted by their classmates, disrupting WhiskeyGrinder May 2 #26

but we don't assume those things are sanctioned or 'OKd' stopdiggin May 2 #31

I misunderstood. cab67 May 2 #38

I love him JustAnotherGen May 2 #12

K & R SunSeeker May 2 #22

Protest tactics need to evolve for the age of disinformation and external manipulation of our politics jmbar2 May 2 #28

Exactly. Anarchists and Black Block infiltrate these encampments and cause destruction. SunSeeker May 2 #32

We also don't need meaningless and myopic protests JCMach1 May 2 #34

Thank you, President Biden. Fla Dem May 2 #42

GREAT point, Mr. President! VERY VERY timely reminder! calimary May 2 #46

He really speaks his mind doesn't he? ripcord May 2 #49