tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3611639517962742486.post6164202876979186102..comments2024-03-29T04:05:35.407-07:00Comments on We Live In A Political World: #317 / Veterans DayGary A. Pattonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15049925834933920507noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3611639517962742486.post-19811207278244937892014-11-12T20:42:11.949-08:002014-11-12T20:42:11.949-08:00I'm with the cows (and the veterans). While I ...I'm with the cows (and the veterans). While I lived in those times, too, I had never heard this one. Thanks, John!Gary A. Pattonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15049925834933920507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3611639517962742486.post-7005743220992158102014-11-12T17:32:02.322-08:002014-11-12T17:32:02.322-08:00Way back during the Vietnam War, when those of us ...Way back during the Vietnam War, when those of us who opposed it were labeled "unpatriotic" or worse by so much of the media and others, someone started a phony story about "hippies" spitting on returning veterans, and it took off like wildfire among right-wing activists. Pretty soon, an amazing number of folks "remembered" friends who had told them of such incidents.<br /><br />That was when I came up with this line:<br /><br />Saying that pacifists don’t support our troops is like saying that vegetarians don’t support our cows.<br /><br />I was pretty proud of it at the time, but, unfortunately, it never caught on.John Longvillenoreply@blogger.com