They were raised by dudes who fought WWII and Korea. They first hand heard the horror stories. They understood that America is the worlds beacon. The idiots now were raised by the children of these hippies, who no nothing of sacrifice and suffering.
NGL, if I'd been of age and had the govt order me to SE Asia to get mutilated and/or killed, I would not have seen it as ::heroic music:: being called to WWII Part Deux to keep the world safe for democracy.
I note with irony that the entire Vietnamese peninsula is thoroughly commie and has been ever since the war. So everybody that got killed, or maimed, or fucked up in the head for life and then spat on after returning for having risked everything, did so for nothing.
Exactly and Vietnam was at least worth protesting about. We should have cut our losses early. If I was 18-22 back then I’d be worried about being drafted and sent to war that had a high casualty count
Not everyone was a hippy. Some of my generation also knew our grandparents well and heard the stories and came to the same understanding and do know something of sacrifice and suffering. Not on their level but we did learn a thing or two from them.
There is a difference between someone who heard the stories and decided to embrace counter culture and those of GenX who heard the stories as well and embraced America and honor our grandparents and want the same things they wanted.
They were raised by dudes who fought WWII and Korea. They first hand heard the horror stories. They understood that America is the worlds beacon. The idiots now were raised by the children of these hippies, who no nothing of sacrifice and suffering.
Yes. He was a vet. They were protesting the unfair draft.
NGL, if I'd been of age and had the govt order me to SE Asia to get mutilated and/or killed, I would not have seen it as ::heroic music:: being called to WWII Part Deux to keep the world safe for democracy.
I note with irony that the entire Vietnamese peninsula is thoroughly commie and has been ever since the war. So everybody that got killed, or maimed, or fucked up in the head for life and then spat on after returning for having risked everything, did so for nothing.
Exactly and Vietnam was at least worth protesting about. We should have cut our losses early. If I was 18-22 back then I’d be worried about being drafted and sent to war that had a high casualty count
Deaths/Injured:
Vietnam: 58,318 dead, 153,303 injured, 1587 MIA, 776 POW
Afghan: 2,420 dead, 19,950 injured
Iraq II: 4,507 dead, 32,292 injured
Not everyone was a hippy. Some of my generation also knew our grandparents well and heard the stories and came to the same understanding and do know something of sacrifice and suffering. Not on their level but we did learn a thing or two from them.
There is a difference between someone who heard the stories and decided to embrace counter culture and those of GenX who heard the stories as well and embraced America and honor our grandparents and want the same things they wanted.
They were spoiled brats for the most part, the millennials of their time.