Some people sympathized with them, some people wanted to commit violence against them, most people simply got tired of hearing them snivel and whine and just ignored them.
998,742 people
Patriots or supporters of the war would get the same treatment as the GI's did from the anti-war protesters.
Protesters charged that American lives and money were being wasted on an un-just war. The government of South Vietnam, they said, was no better than the Vietcong or the North Vietnamese.
Winning the Civil War.
The United States experienced two eras of massive "anti-war" protesters: The US Civil War and Vietnam War; both of which were actually "anti-draft" protesting, under the disguise of anti "war." The vast majority of protesters were "draft aged males" and associated persons (personal friends, wives, girlfriends, mothers, etc.). All US wars have had some anti-war protesting, from the Mexican War of 1846 thru the American Indian wars, even WWI & and very quietly the Second World War, but only the American Civil War in the 1800s (19th century) had military conscription, consequently the "draft riots" (anti-war protesters).
squelch the Republican opposition to the Federalist administration.
Scared of military duty (draft dodgers).
He was a hero. It led voters to vote him in as president.
War protesters.
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The silent majority disagreed with the antiwar protesters but rarely discussed their opinions publicly.
Anti-war demonstration and draft resistance protesters.