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sabra (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 03:12 PM Original message |
Was the country this divided during the Vietnam war era? |
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Old and In the Way (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 03:14 PM Response to Original message |
1. Not that I can remember. |
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On the Road (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
2. Oh, Yes, It Was Divided |
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MindPilot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
3. No where close |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 05:46 PM Response to Reply #3 |
39. the hate and anger was far more intense and widespread back then |
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jaysunb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
4. Absolutely ! |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 03:23 PM Response to Reply #4 |
10. yeah you are right |
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DELUSIONAL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 03:47 PM Response to Reply #10 |
24. Probably depends on where you lived -- my answer yes |
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Jon8503 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 03:16 PM Response to Original message |
5. No, it was not like this. I honestly believe the reason it was not |
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Redstone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 03:18 PM Response to Reply #5 |
6. I was going to say it WAS this bad, but I think you're right. |
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MamaBear (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 03:22 PM Response to Reply #6 |
9. Actually... |
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cmd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 03:33 PM Response to Reply #5 |
20. I agree |
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Toots (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 03:34 PM Response to Reply #5 |
22. There has never been a time in my life when I felt I had no President |
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Lerkfish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 03:34 PM Response to Reply #5 |
23. I think the difference is you had Hawks who felt antiwar demonstrators |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 03:20 PM Response to Original message |
7. yes but |
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2Design (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 03:24 PM Response to Reply #7 |
13. exactly - that cult like loyalty - more like manson or jim jones |
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KT2000 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 03:22 PM Response to Original message |
8. not THIS divided |
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kodi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 03:58 PM Response to Reply #8 |
28. the divisions now are wider and deeper, its much more than just "war" |
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FightingIrish (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
11. There was division but also honest debate. |
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GeorgeBushytail (862 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 03:23 PM Response to Original message |
12. There were places in the US I wouldn't go to because of my long hair. |
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yy4me (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
14. A definite yes, and it was a more violent division . |
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NYCGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 03:24 PM Response to Original message |
15. Yes, it was worse. I was a student at SF State University back then. NT |
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CountAllVotes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 03:25 PM Response to Reply #15 |
16. hey me too! |
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DELUSIONAL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 03:52 PM Response to Reply #16 |
27. I was at San Jose State |
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ramapo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 03:28 PM Response to Original message |
17. Yes, plenty of hate to go around back then |
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mmonk (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 03:31 PM Response to Original message |
18. Hard to say |
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catmandu57 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
19. It was bad, but, |
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Jersey Devil (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 03:34 PM Response to Original message |
21. Yes, but the dividing line was age |
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MichiganVote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 03:48 PM Response to Original message |
25. Yes but we didn't have the media covering it all up w/ Aruba $ Schaivo |
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jaysunb (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 03:49 PM Response to Original message |
26. See post # 4 |
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bemildred (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 04:03 PM Response to Original message |
29. Not there yet. This is maybe 1966 or 1967. nt |
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Javaman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 04:45 PM Response to Original message |
30. Actually, it really depended on where you lived. I was on Long Island... |
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DURHAM D (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 04:57 PM Response to Original message |
31. Frankly, I think the citizens are less divided today than they |
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VOX (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 05:02 PM Response to Original message |
32. During Vietnam, the media reported the truth, with film and photos... |
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Armstead (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 05:08 PM Response to Original message |
33. More |
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Hardrada (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 05:21 PM Response to Reply #33 |
36. I think that's right and you had TWO preceding age groups |
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BringEmOn (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 05:13 PM Response to Original message |
34. Four students killed at Kent State turned things around. |
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madeline_con (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 05:19 PM Response to Original message |
35. Yes... |
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TahitiNut (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 05:31 PM Response to Original message |
37. During Viet Nam, it was "fractured" ... intersecting fault lines. |
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onenote (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Thu Sep-08-05 05:38 PM Response to Original message |
38. absolutely was |
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