It’s stunning how many people seem to forget that there are other countries on the planet that use dollars and weren’t involved in Vietnam. No, I’m not making an assumption. The person who posted this is Canadian.

Y’all really need to take a step back and reflect a little bit.

  • bluewing@lemm.ee
    163·
    10 hours ago

    They left out the part about getting drafted and sent to Vietnam with that 3rd grade education and risk dying for people that didn’t care about you and other that hated you. Then coming home and getting spit on, literally spit on, by the people around you. And no one caring about the damage war caused you.

    • zarkanian@sh.itjust.works
      231·
      10 hours ago

      This is a myth.

      There is a persistent myth or misconception that many Vietnam War veterans were spat on and vilified by antiwar protesters during the late 1960s and early 1970s. These stories, which overwhelmingly surfaced many years after the war, usually involve an antiwar female spitting on a veteran, often yelling “baby killer”. Most occur in U.S. civilian airports, usually San Francisco International, as GIs returned from the war zone in their uniforms.

      No unambiguous documented incident of this behavior has ever surfaced, despite repeated and concerted efforts to uncover them.

      • bluewing@lemm.ee
        71·
        10 hours ago

        Nope nor a dirt poor white person either. Never forget, it’s all about the money and far less than the color of your skin.

    • Stamets@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      71·
      9 hours ago

      Which all would be lovely and true if they were American.

      They’re not.

      It’s almost like countries other than the United States exist…

      • MnemonicBump@lemmy.dbzer0.com
        11·
        45 minutes ago

        I know it SAYS they live in Toronto, but they also said “Third Grade” and not “Grade Three”, as would be proper in Canada. Maybe it’s possible they are from the U.S. and currently live in Canada?

        It’s almost like sometimes people move…

        • Stovetop@lemmy.blahaj.zone
          1·
          13 minutes ago

          Are those phrases not interchangeable in Canada?

          Saying “# grade” might be more common where I am in the US, but no one would bat an eye if you said “grade #” because that is used commonly enough as well that people are used to it.