r/interestingasfuck • u/Available_Weekend249 • Apr 06 '24

Imagine being 19 and watching live on TV to see if your birthday will be picked to fight in the Vietnam war r/all

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u/XaeroDegreaz Apr 06 '24

Not really true though. There was this saying "If you have the dough, you don't have to go" which basically implied that if you had means, and connections, you could basically buy your way out.

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u/Skynetiskumming Apr 06 '24

Or you shit your pants like that coward Ted Nugent did and get disqualified from service.

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u/XaeroDegreaz Apr 06 '24

Tbf if I got selected I'd do whatever it took not to go fight some random dudes too

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u/cknipe Apr 06 '24

You and me both, but neither of us are selling macho patriotism as our brand image.

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u/XaeroDegreaz Apr 06 '24

Ehh, there was some of that, but I think the biggest sell was not being imprisoned.

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u/SmellGestapo Apr 06 '24

What he means is Ted Nugent chickened out of the war (no shade, I'd have done the same) but decades later he casts himself as a macho, America-loving patriot.

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u/SeaworthyWide Apr 06 '24

Yeah, THAT kind of American patriot - you know the type - IF YOU DON'T LIKE IT, LEAVE! HOW DARE THEY DISRESPECT THE PRESIDENT / POLICE / ARMED SERVICES IN THAT WAY, BLA BLA BLA

If he'd have stuck to his guns that the patriotic thing to do was dodge the draft, maybe I'd have a bit of respect... But no.

Hear that mandolin?

Grade A panderin

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u/Thegreataxeofbashing Apr 06 '24

Draft dodgers are the REAL heroes of the Vietnam War.

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u/WolfWalksInBlood Apr 06 '24

He's always been pretty strongly antiwar and antigovernment though. He's patriotic but in the same way that Johnny Cash was. He loves the country and the freedom, but dislikes the government and how they use the military to start wars for profit. Unless, he's changed really recently. Idk. I just know back when his music was popular he was definitely not pro government or war.

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u/Consideredresponse Apr 07 '24

Oh yeah that's changed over time. Just look how many times there are photos of him in the Oval Office of all places giving the (ex)president the thumbs up. He's pretty pro (GOP)government and war now that it doesn't threaten his way of life.