Added at the lincoln memorial, then marched to the pentagon. More than 600 protesters were arrested, including norman mailer, who would later when a Pulitzer Prize win a Pulitzer Prize for his book on the march. The vietnam war, how much dissent. To theines resistance war, with footage of demonstrations, interviews, and portions of a press conference by blended johnson. They raise their voices. Hundreds of protesters are sometimes arrested area are sometimes arrested. Which perhaps go beyond the limits of rebelliousness. Week, the vietnam war. How much dissent . Heret that story, with that story, our abc correspondent. John hardly a day goes by without a new report of another demonstration or protest against the vietnam war. Hardly a day passes when those who support the war wonder how much dissent is too much . How far can they go when expressing this opposition . The question is as old as socrates. Opinion familiar as the as Oliver Wendell holmes that the right of free speech does no
Dissent . It examines resistance to the war, with footage of demonstrations, interviews, and portions of a press conference by lyndon johnson. They raise their voices. They march against the government. Definessenters themselves with this kind of protest activity. Some go farther, burning Selective Service jobs and burning the american flag. Hundreds of protesters are sometimes arrested. Which activities fall in the bonds of lawful dissent and which go beyond the rabbits go beyond the limits and the, lawless or rebellious . The wide world of people and events. This week, the vietnam war how much dissent . Here with that story, our abc correspondent. John hardly a day goes by without a new report of another demonstration or protest against the vietnam war. Hardly a day passes when those who support the war wonder how much dissent is too much . Those who oppose it asked themselves how far can i go in expressing this opposition . Question how much dissent is as old as socrates. It is as f
You just try to put it behind you and go on with life. Did you have to deal with people who were critical of our involvement in vietnam or did you just not talk about it at all . Botheredvery few who most of them didnt know that i was involved in vietnam. We just went about life. I was never really in that kind of situation where people work trying were trying to attack me or anything like that. You enjoyed your time talking to the public . I loved it. Im think that the archives to this. My grandson and i were down at the wall the other day. It was a wonderful experience for them. I ran across a man down there and he said where were you in vietnam and i said i was at camp he said, were you a bikini . I said yeah. How do you get that . He said, well, youre a pilot. He was in the three 61st 361st, the pink panthers. Both of our companies were in the central highlands. He supported the fourth division. We supported artillery units and the special forces out of pontoon. With the cobra unit
Testing his grip on the party as his term expires. Now, the house also passed a measure increasing stimulus checks for most americans from 600 to 2,000. President trump stayed on the sidelines during stimulus talks. Now hes championing bigger checks, even tweeting so just before 2 00 a. M. But Senate Republicans all of a sudden rediscovering fiscal conservatism have resisted this for months. Keep in mind, american livelihoods are at stake, including Restaurant Owners in kentucky, home of the home state of Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell. They are agonizing over the huge lost revenue on new years eve because of pandemic restrictions. The first shutting down was, you know, i think pretty emotionally taxing on not only Small Business owners or any Business Owners and employees, so were just hunkering down and hoping to get through it. Right now, it is unclear whether the bigger relief checks can pass the Republican Controlled Senate, but a vote could further divide President Trump