{"id":1732,"date":"2019-11-17T14:03:57","date_gmt":"2019-11-17T19:03:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst1010304f2019\/?p=1732"},"modified":"2019-11-17T14:03:57","modified_gmt":"2019-11-17T19:03:57","slug":"vietnam-protest-movement-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.richmond.edu\/ldst1010304f2019\/2019\/11\/17\/vietnam-protest-movement-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Vietnam Protest Movement"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Vietnam Protest was a movement against the United States involvement in the war, in addition to the draft. This draft would kill thousands of young American men to die, and protests were being held during this time on college campuses throughout the nation. Many young men claimed that the reason they were protesting was because they didn\u2019t want to be forced to fight in a war that wasn\u2019t their, and one they barely knew about.\u00a0 According to this film, the draft was initially created to give all men an equal chance to fight and represent their country in times of war. However, as it was soon discovered, there were many loopholes in the picking process. If a man was in college or was college educated, his draft admittance was deferred. Additionally, if a man was married, he was also deferred. This concept angered many people, and from this came the Vietnam Protest Movement.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

I completely see the argument that the protestors had, and if I were a young man during this time period I would be scared every day that I would randomly be called to serve in the war. Moreover, I also see why the draft was created and being used, and why it was hard to cut their cords with Vietnam after being involved. I also see why men wanted to serve, and why they were proud to be serving as American soldiers. However, I don\u2019t agree with the idea that certain men were exempt from war and others were not. Just because a man wasn\u2019t married doesn\u2019t mean that he doesn\u2019t have a family or girlfriend that loves him very much, and just because a man isn\u2019t college educated doesn\u2019t mean the value of his life should be measured in a different manner than someone who was. I also think that people should be working together during times of stress, and this movement created a huge divide amongst the men of America; those who wanted to serve, and those who didn\u2019t.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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