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Mark Hertsgaard
Mon 23 Sep 2024 06.00 EDT
To my understanding, she’s pretty reviled by boomers for being anti-war.
Depends on the boomer. Some people thought what she did was important and brave, but for the people who hate her it wasn’t just that she was anti-war. A ton of celebrities were anti-war. It was that she flew out to Vietnam, embedded with the North Vietnamese army, and filmed what a lot of people considered anti-American propaganda.
I used to work in a machine shop where a bunch of the old-timers were Vietnam vets. I made the mistake of talking about Barbarella one day, and ended up with an earful about “Hanoi Jane,” and her “crimes” against America. They absolutely despised her. For a long time after that they’d all take turns asking me how my communist girlfriend was doing.
I mean, it really isn’t a good look to be photographed on a North Vietnamese Anti-Aircraft gun looking through the sights…
Why not?
Because those guns were pointed at American soldiers.