Jane Fonda is an American actress who began her career on
the big screen in 1960. Her Father, Henry Fonda was also an actor, giving her a
privileged childhood. She was introduced to political activism while living in
France, she was influenced heavily by French communists. She became an
anti-Vietnam war activist with a strong belief in communism. Fonda made her
thoughts on communism clear during a speech at the University of Michigan: “If
you understood what communism was, you would hope, you would pray on your knees
that we would someday become communist… I, a socialist, think that we should
strive towards a socialist society, all the way to communism.”
Jane’s most famous incident was her trip to Hanoi, Vietnam
in 1972. By this time in the war, 50,000 Americans had been killed.
On this trip, Jane was socializing with the Vietnamese and was photographed
sitting on an anti-aircraft that had been used to take down American planes.
She also recorded a propaganda radio broadcast while in Vietnam. In the
broadcast she compared Nixon to Hitler, claimed the Vietnamese were going to
win the war, and said she had spoken to the American prisoners of war and said they
claimed to be treated well by the Vietnamese. Many of the statements in the
broadcast were scripted. The North Vietnamese communists used the broadcast to ruin
the morale of the U.S. This incident made many Americans very mad, they labeled
her as a traitor and “Hanoi Jane.”
When Fonda returned from Vietnam she was spotted wearing a
necklace given to her by the Vietnamese, made out of melted down metal from an American
plane that had been shot down. When information surfaced in the media about the
prisoners of war being tortured by the Vietnamese, Fonda called the soldiers
liars and claimed that they “are not heroes.” Her trip and statements outraged
many, and started a large amount of controversy.
Today, Jane is still an actress, she stars in a Netflix series
called “Grace and Frankie.” Although it has been a long time since she took
that infamous trip to Vietnam, many Americans, mostly veterans, still hate her.
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| Jane in Vietnam sitting on an anti-aircraft gun |
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| What Jane looks like now |
You know the funny thing about Communism is? I feel many would support it if they knew what it actually meant. Think about it like this: What is your typical paycheck nowadays (If you're working)? Could you as an individual with that paycheck thrive if the price of everything in our country quadrupled, and yes you heard me: Not doubled, not tripled, but quadrupled? Of course not: So enter Communism where everyone has a chance at equality!
ReplyDeleteDownside is that this original belief was seriously messed up by the people in charge and became the Communism we all know today.
In other words: "The original IDEA behind Communism was a good one but the actually execution turned that idea into something else entirely.
I feel she owes an apology to the men and women who fought for her freedom. Such a shame to live in a land supported by men and women who are willing to give their all for the sake of others and cause such an uprising and disgrace to our nation.
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