Why did Liberals spit on returning Vietnam veterans and call them baby killers?

Question

These were drafted soldiers that were so badly treated on their return they had no choice as to whether they served or not. Even congress tried to deny them their veterans benefits. It was a Democrat congress. How can anyone give these Liberal democrats any credibility at all?

You believe anything you want too. I was there I saw it I know what happened. I have many , many friends that are Vietnam veterans.

Answer 1

WOW, being a veteran of the Vietnam conflict it really amazes me to see all the loopy libs on this post denying that it actually happened when i witnessed it first hand.

The truth is that most of the anti war movement was fueled by illegal drug use and psychedelics. The protestors were reduced to the level of brian dead idiots and they were so fueled by their drugs and their fear of the draft that they resorted to the basest of human behavior. They couldn't get near the elected leaders so they took it out on returning servicemen and the Police, whom they say as representatives of the government.

I was also a Uniformed Police Officer throughout the 70s and witnesses firsthand how these people conducted themselves at their stupid little protest marches and demonstrations. They behaved in the most vile manner you could imagine.

OH YEAH! I forgot to mention that Jackass John Kerry did the accusation thing on TV.

Answer 2

Well you can blame that on your government they caused the whole thing even killing the babies. All of us acknowledged what happen there and I wittiness it first hand and I can tell you the media called them all sorts of names more than any citizen did since most families had a son or relative in the military. Why would I call my brother and brother in-laws baby killers, and at the time had I been old enough I would have gone to Vietnam myself. So brother the TV clips they show you doesn't reflect all the people Dems or Rep. the whor* media will say anything to make a green back.

All the Vietnam veterans I know wold has beat the Fn daylights out of anyone that spit on them and it may have happened in a few cases and that would have happened in California because the bulk of protesters are in California and look close at who is protesting what type of people they are, but true Americans don't spit on returning soldiers, they have better sense than that.

Answer 3

As I said in an earlier post, liberal and conservative meant something different back then. We've lost the meaning of these two things which has had a very negative effect on how we discuss issues. I don't mind if you're a conservative and I don't actually think we're that far a part when it comes down to what each of us wants as human beings. That being said, my dad was one of those veterans and he he was looked down upon by everyone (he never made a distinction between dem and rep).
No, he did not have a choice and it was horrendous what those veterans were put through. However, the 'hippies' had a right to protest the war. My dad wasn't even in favor of the war and he was there. Even my grandfather, who served 4 years in WWII did not agree with the tenets of the Vietnam War. It's unfortunate that any soldier would be treated that way whether we support a war or not.

Answer 4

This has always been a total lie that the right wing has fostered; having actually experienced the period = I recall how the right wing treated veterans as drug addicts and wouldn t give them jobs. From Vietnam Veterans Against the War > " Stories of spat-upon Vietnam veterans are bogus. Born out of accusations made by the Nixon administration, they were enlivened in popular culture (recall Rambo saying he was spat on by those maggots at the airport) and enhanced in the imaginations of Vietnam-generation men — some veterans, some not. The stories besmirch the reputation of the anti-war movement and help construct an alibi for why we lost the war: had it not been for the betrayal by liberals in Washington and radicals in the street, we could have defeated the Vietnamese. The stories also erase from public memory the image, discomforting to some Americans, of Vietnam veterans who helped end the carnage they had been part of.

The facsimiles of spat-upon veteran stories that are surfacing now confuse the public dialogue surrounding the war. Debate about the war itself and the politics that got us into it is being displaced by the phony issue of who supports the troops. Everyone supports the troops and wishes them a safe and speedy homecoming. It s the mission they have been sent on that is dividing the nation and it is the mission that we have a right and obligation to question."

Answer 5

It is sad that two leading parties of a democratic country like USA handed down difficult treat treat to their returning Vietnam war veteran soldiers instead of honoring them because for the world it was a different story of USA's role in Vietnam where the soldiers crossed their limits of inhuman treatment as does happen in most of the wars, was it baby killing or Mai Lai.

Answer 6

It was a terrible time in America, it is true. But, many supported the troops, though, the war really did divide the country. Much worse than today, I would say. I don't think troops returning home today are treated with the same level of hostility that returning vietnam vets might have experienced.

Answer 7

not all did. but, a lot of people were against the Vietnam war and took it out on the returning veterans, which was wrong. The Vietnam veterans got no parade, no real thanks. I don't think that will happen with the Iraq war returning veterans. The soldiers are just doing the job they were ordered to do and I think they are heros and patriots for serving their country.

Answer 8

Tommy, I was a returning Vietnam vet - and there is no evidence to substantiate any claim that vets were spit upon. And I never heard, nor have any of my fellow veterans heard, personally, anyone call us baby killers. That appears to have been a story made up by Republicans in an attempt to discredit Democrats and liberals. By the way - I'm also a liberal. And I'll put my record of service up against YOURS any time! So back off the CRAP! Is that UNDERSTOOD?

Answer 9

Life is for living, and that is what Liberalism represents above all. You can't enjoy freedom and peace and liberty when you're 6 feet under the turf, Skippy. Why is that so hard for you war-lovers to get through your cowardly skulls? We are not fighting for anything in Iraq that matters to us here. Not a thing. It's just like Vietnam, where the supposed threat of the bogeyman sent thousands of poor young men to their deaths. Now, decades later, look at Vietnam. We "retreated" and the sky didn't fall there. We are even friends now.

For some reason, people keep popping up on here with dumb lies about liberals hating America. Well, this liberal loves America and the American Dream. The American dream excludes no one because of race, nationality, sex, religion or creed. A lot of conservatives have forgotten that since Reagan amd the neocon backlash. Hatred and sexism and racism and all manner of exclusionary practices are welcomed, longed-for and embraced with Al Quaida fervor by todays conservatives. And that is anti-American to the core.

Answer 10

I have just spent five minutes looking over http://www.snopes.com
for any entries about people spitting on returning soldiers from Viet Nam, and have found no entries about this. There is an entry about Jane Fonda and what she did-well documented and cited--and it would seem to me if this allegation about veterans being spat upon were true or false, it would be there. It is not. In fact, I've not found citations about this anywhere.

From personal experience, I can say that I never saw returning veterans treated in any but an honorable manner. So if this happened, it didn't occur at O'Hare Airport in Chicago.

Answer 11

Whether anyone was literally spit on isn't really the issue. Everyone who served in the military at that time was spit on figuratively.

If you were a military-age male who was not serving in the military, then you had to make a decision:

either

1. THE WAR was immoral (and those who participated)

or

2. YOU were immoral (for avoiding it).

If you start from that decision point, a lot of other things start falling into place.