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Pastimes : Let's Talk About Our Feelings!!! -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: Alan Smithee who wrote (107926)	8/29/2005 6:44:50 PM
From: Brumar89	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 108807

It's a shame veterans have to be treated like this. The left seems to be growing more and more fascist every day.

To: Alan Smithee who wrote (107926)	8/31/2005 1:44:19 AM
From: Grainne	Respond to of 108807

I think it's rude to treat anyone badly, including vets, of course. I don't think some things have changed much since Vietnam, and one of them seems to be how polarized the two camps are. That's really regrettable. At the same time, I don't really understand this part at the end of the article you posted: "For those who profess to embrace “diversity” and champion allowing “marginalized voices” to be heard, perhaps liberal professors, administrators, and students might learn something were they open-minded enough to listen to the heroes in their midst. Then, and only then, will they correct the tragic mistakes of the Vietnam era that valued politics more than patriots." I don't think it was so simple as valuing politics more than patriots during Vietnam. Once it is clear that a war is not going to resolve a problem, do people who oppose it not have a right to make their feelings known? I do remember that in those years, the anti-war people were begging young men not to enlist, and to flee to Canada if they were drafted. There were underground railroad kinds of organizations to help them. The sad thing is that the war in Vietnam would have ended sooner if more soldiers had refused to fight. That would have saved a lot of lives. Where I totally disagree with what happened in Vietnam is how the veterans were shunned when they returned, however. I do remember a deep national sense of shame.