AOCapitulator [they/them, she/her]@hexbear.net to politics@hexbear.netEnglish · 10 months agoVery "Democratic" of the democrats not to hold a primary election so we can democratically decide if we want Mr. Genocide or notmessage-squaremessage-square46fedilinkarrow-up1134arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up1134arrow-down1message-squareVery "Democratic" of the democrats not to hold a primary election so we can democratically decide if we want Mr. Genocide or notAOCapitulator [they/them, she/her]@hexbear.net to politics@hexbear.netEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square46fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareGosplan14_the_Third [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up11·10 months agoLyndon B. Johnson didn’t run in '68 because his approval rating had fallen too much.
minus-squareCTHlurker [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·10 months agoback when baby boomers opposed genocide
minus-squareGosplan14_the_Third [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·10 months agoNah, they just didn’t want to be the ones fighting. Had the government of the US done the same things it did, but only let the South Vietnamese + henchmen like Australia fight, the support of the Vietnam war would have remained high or indifferent.
Lyndon B. Johnson didn’t run in '68 because his approval rating had fallen too much.
back when baby boomers opposed genocide
Nah, they just didn’t want to be the ones fighting. Had the government of the US done the same things it did, but only let the South Vietnamese + henchmen like Australia fight, the support of the Vietnam war would have remained high or indifferent.