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There is no documented instance of Vietnam veterans being spat on after returning home — the narrative was a construction of the radical right, later amplified by 1980s films like Rambo.
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Wagner raises Jerusalem Demsas's argument that the left has abandoned patriotism and must reclaim it to protect democracy. Richardson first clarifies a semantic trap: the 'left' has a specific ideological meaning, and what Demsas is really describing is Democrats and centrists who've ceded patriotism to the radical right since Vietnam. [1] — Heather Cox Richardson "Since Vietnam, non-radical-right Americans have largely ceded patriotism to the right — but that's changing. Democratic veterans of Iraq an…" 46:00 But she's optimistic: she points to the wave of female veterans and intelligence community alumni running for office on the Democratic side, and to Jason Crow's account of returning from the front lines of Afghanistan to find a civilian contractor making four times his combat pay. That's not patriotism, Crow says — and Richardson agrees. The marriage of concern for ordinary people with respect for those who actually sacrifice in military service is, she argues, the most compelling new political identity since World War II. [2] — Heather Cox Richardson "Veterans spat on after Vietnam: no documented cases: There is no documented instance of Vietnam veterans being spat on after returning home…" 48:02
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