re: Which side would you have been on in 1775?

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and the Vietnam war.

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In what way did you discuss this?

Like, from the perspective of a Vietnamese person or imagining you were an American in the late 60s early 70s?

Sounds interesting either way.

I feel like so much of the modern and popular examination of the war and American perspective on the war focuses on the counter-culture and peace protesters. It's often painted as if there was this huge majority of Americans who opposed the war while the LBJ and, to a lesser extent Nixon, governments pushed it on us.

I've always know that wasn't true from my own family where both my Father and Uncle joined the Army because they believed that the War was correct - they don't necessarily believe that now, their opinions are more nuanced - but they did at the time. There was a large portion, the silent majority if you will, of Americans that supported the war. Ken Burns' recent Vietnam documentary was the best and fairest depiction I've seen of that concept.

I think that if I were an American living at the time I would have supported American intervention on behalf of South Vietnam. I think if I were Vietnamese I most certainly would have been in the NVA or pro-North.