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Originally Posted by jimjamuser
I can understand why her mere name generates a lot of negative emotion. I would like to point out a few things. The Vietnam War was a long time ago. I was in the Air Force and I regularly read reports of how the war was going in Time magazine. The French were defeated by Vietnam, which was a bad sign. Another bad sign was that a considerable portion of the US citizens was against the war, which was different than WW2.
Today, in hindsight, the fact that the US has a good trading partner in Vietnam and has good diplomatic relations - sort of points out that Jane Fonda was on the right side of History. Personally, I think that she went too far when she physically visited North Vietnam. That was the bridge too far, I will agree.
America is Historically famous for its GREAT debaters and its enshrining freedom of speech in its laws. There is the question of how much hate should be placed on the shoulders of people on the OTHER SIDE of ANY debate?
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Heh. Jane Fonda. Just one of many vapid Hollywood pontificators.
For the life of me, I will never understand why so many people put such value on things said by people whose ONLY proven talent is making other people believe they're someone they're not.