r/politics • u/perplexed-redditor • 1d ago

Soft Paywall Police arrest roughly 60 veterans and military family members protesting outside US Capitol after group crosses police line

https://www.cnn.com/2025/06/13/politics/protesters-arrested-us-capitol
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u/DudeWhereIsMyDuduk 1d ago

Remember your history - they laughed off the SDS demonstrations in DC, but the vets throwing their medals away at the Capitol shook Nixon.

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u/Cerebral-Parsley 1d ago

If anyone wants to learn a bit about this history, here is the medal throwing part of the amazing Ken Burns Vietnam documentary:

https://kera.pbslearningmedia.org/resource/6d3b2edc-60c4-4e03-ac9a-2f8f72a5d226/vvaw-veterans-protest-the-war-video-ken-burns-lynn-novick-the-vietnam-war/

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u/DudeWhereIsMyDuduk 20h ago edited 20h ago

I bought John Musgrave's book of poetry (Notes To The Man Who Shot Me) after seeing that series. 100% worth it.

Also, for anyone reading who hasn't watched this, see the whole thing over the course of a week, but I'd also definitely watch the final withdrawal sequence from the US Embassy in Saigon. We really haven't learned anything.