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Resistance. and what was at stake was nothing other than life and death. everyone over 18, every male had to have his draft card in his pocket. it was a crime to even be without it and it. and a drfederal crime. kids suddenly started burning these things publicly. in 1964. they had to pass a federal law to make destroying it a crime because they hadnt made it a crime yet. people sentenced two years, six years for burning draft cards. nadia of pussy riot on the show friday night and told us 1968 ...

Done this before as a country, weve been this overwhelmed. >> and weve been in a worse place because as difficult as this is for people who didnt want to see a trump presidency and we now have a very significant majority of the country disapproving of the trump presidency. >> most ever. >> and this movement that we call the resistance. we had a resistance this big before and it was in 1968 and it was against both the johnson presidency and then following it was against the nixon presidency and i...

That believes donald trump is unfit to be president. you know in the 60s, they burned draft cards. in the 70s feminists burns bras. there are very, very few people that burned is a trend. it would be good for the country if he loses his base. unfortunately, i dont think he will. i basically believes from trump himself said that he could go out on 5th avenue and shoot somebody and an awful lot of people would stick with him. however, what this does do is it dampens enthusiasm for trump. and that ...

Around the country. >> president nixons first term in office had been marred by loud, frequent, and sometimes violent protests. largely against the vietnam war. >> it really did seem like the world was unraveling, growing up in a suburban existence with parents who saw chicago in 1968 erupt into flames, saw people burning their draft cards, saw a sexual revolution, saw a drug revolution, saw woodstock come into their homes. >> when i joined the nixon white house, there were a lot of demonstratio...

In office had been marred by loud, frequent, and sometimes violent protests. largely against the vietnam war. >> it really did seem like the world was unraveling, growing up in a suburban existence with parents who saw chicago in 1968 erupt into flames, saw people burning their draft cards, saw a sexual revolution, saw a drug revolution, saw woodstock come into their homes. >> when i joined the nixon white house, there were a lot of demonstrations against the war. it probably was some of the mos...

Leg. >> they can do all they can to save that leg. >> i know. god dang it, i hate to put bombs and napalm on these women and children. i just didnt do it. i said they cant be there. im sure now that thats where they were. >> as the casualties mounted, that was turning the public in this country against the war. >> how do you expect to be protected in this country unless you have people fighting for you? >> they are not fighting for me. >> they are not. >> this is a genocide, these people are bei...

And decided not to order an air attack. the colonial talked about it while surgeons amputated his leg. >> they can do all they can to save that leg. >> i know. god dang it, i hate to put bombs and napalm on these women and children. i just didnt do it. i said they cant be there. im sure now that thats where they were. >> as the casualties mounted, that was turning the public in this country against the war. >> how do you expect to be protected in this country unless you have people fighting for ...

Civil disobedience occurs in new york city. david miller publicly burns his draft card. >> seven young and earnest protesters burn draft cards on the steps of a boston courthouse. a group of high schoolboys set upon them with fists. >> the draft was in place from world war ii. when you turned 18 you had to register. >> in january 1965, 5,400 young men were called to the draft. in december 1965, 45,224 young men were called. this is one fact boring in on the american conscience and causing increa...

Had conscientious objections to delivering draft cards and processing draft cards to irs officials who had conscientious objections to processing the paperwork for nonprofits that they were morally opposed to. a variety of individuals who have had these situations, and weve always tried to accommodate them. weve accommodated the pacifists, weve accommodated the postal workers, the irs officials. >> right. >> the question is can we reach a common-sense compromise. its a win-win for both sides. >>...

Civil disobedience occurred in new york city. miller turns his draft card. >> seven burned draft cards on the steps of a boston courthouse. a group of high school boys set upon them with this. >> the draft was in place from world war ii. when you turned 18 you had to register. >> in january 1965, 5,400 young men were called to the draft. in december 1965, 45,224 young men were called. this is one fact on the american conscience and causing increasing concern. >> it was a compulsory draft, forced...