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Related: About this forumWho remembers the Vietnam era graffiti-
"Where is Lee Harvey Oswald now, when we really need him?'
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Who remembers the Vietnam era graffiti- (Original Post)
rzemanfl
Dec 2016
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I was drafted under LBJ, so that sentiment would have been too fresh...
JustABozoOnThisBus
Dec 2016
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JustABozoOnThisBus
(23,811 posts)1. I was drafted under LBJ, so that sentiment would have been too fresh...
...and a bit sick.
ShazzieB
(18,889 posts)6. Sick is right.
Definitely in poor taste.
I'm kind of surprised that someone came up with that. Not only would it have been too fresh when LBJ was in office, but Nixon wasn't all that much later.
It also seems weird to me to use a slogan about killing to protest a war.
Paladin
(28,921 posts)2. Variation I remember from my days at UT (Austin):
"Charles Whitman had the right idea---he just wasn't selective enough."
Doc_Technical
(3,608 posts)3. Yes
"Withdraw, that is what Nixon's father should have done.
rzemanfl
(30,294 posts)4. Strange you would kick this today. n/t
ShazzieB
(18,889 posts)5. I remember seeing a version of that one.
It was worded a little differently: "Nixon, pull out like your father should have!"