They keep perpetuating the Fonda lie! - Democratic Underground

Floogeldy

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Fri Apr-22-05 09:29 AM
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They keep perpetuating the Fonda lie!

Right wing radio is still hammering on the story that American prisoners of war gave Jane Fonda pieces of paper which she in turn gave over to the Cong captors.

Hasn't this story been proven false?

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lenidog

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Fri Apr-22-05 09:32 AM
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1. Can't tell you because I never paid attention to Jane Fonda or

anything dealing with her becuase she was a lousy actress.

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MrModerate

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Fri Apr-22-05 09:37 AM
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4. Nah, not such a bad actress -- well above the starlet level . . .

Edited on Fri Apr-22-05 09:40 AM by MrModerate

And a sure hand with light comedy. "Cat Ballou" and "Barefoot in the Park" come to mind. Not to mention "Barbarella," where she actually held the whole messy thing together with her perfectly-cartoonish rendition of the role.

I also thought she did pretty fine work in "Klute" and "Coming Home."

Those Fonda genes do shine through.

--as other folks are saying though, really bad judgement going to Hanoi, etc. It was quite possible to oppose the war without trying to make the North Vietnamese leadership out to be noble freedom fighters. They played her for a fool.

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Floogeldy

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Fri Apr-22-05 09:44 AM
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10. I like "The Morning After" and "Stanley & Iris"

"The China Syndrome" was good, too.

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ET Awful

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Fri Apr-22-05 09:45 AM
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11. "They Shoot Horses Don't They?"

Is also worthy.

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Floogeldy

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Fri Apr-22-05 09:47 AM
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12. Doesn't she have two Oscars?

Edited on Fri Apr-22-05 09:51 AM by Floogeldy

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SweetLeftFoot

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Fri Apr-22-05 09:35 AM
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2. Dunno

it may or may not be true but if she'd never gone to North Vietnam in the first place- these stories wouldn't fly.

Bad, bad judgement by her.

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Floogeldy

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Fri Apr-22-05 09:39 AM
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8. Okay I found something on Snopes.com

" . . . .Jane Fonda handed over to their captors the slips of paper POWs pressed upon her: False . . . ."

" . . . . It's a figment of somebody's imagination," says Ret. Col. Larry Carrigan, one of the servicemen mentioned in the 'slips of paper' incident. Carrigan was shot down over North Vietnam in 1967 and did spend time in a POW camp. He has no idea why the story was attributed to him, saying, "I never met Jane Fonda . . . ."

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theboss

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Fri Apr-22-05 09:37 AM
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I don't know

That fact that she was in a Hanoi prison to begin with is probably worthy of criticism without adding any myths to it.

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Zynx

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Fri Apr-22-05 09:37 AM
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3. Don't know

It could well be true.

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NoPasaran

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Fri Apr-22-05 09:38 AM
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5. Snopes says it's doodoo

http://www.snopes.com/military/fonda.asp

What Snopes doesn't say is why anybody should care about Jane Fonda these days.

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Warpy

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Fri Apr-22-05 09:39 AM
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6. Snopes is your friend!

http://www.snopes.com/military/fonda.asp

Yes, it's been done to death and thoroughly debunked.

Fonda was a sheltered rich girl who went over there to do some grandstanding and ended up getting used by the North Vietnamese for propaganda purposes. No, she didn't betray anybody. Yes, she was just naive enough to do the antiwar movement a lot of damage.

But what made you think right wing radio screechers were capable of telling the truth about anything?

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theboss

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Fri Apr-22-05 09:39 AM
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7. Snopes says the paper part is a lie

http://www.snopes.com/military/fonda.asp

But it's still not a pleasant overall story.

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demnan

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Fri Apr-22-05 09:42 AM
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9. When my brother returned from Vietnam

My father had nothing good to say about Fonda. "She was a traitor to her country, blah - blah - blah" until my brother quietly pointed out that at least she cared enough to try to do something.

And how few people cared.

Fonda never got a verbal beating in my house again. I won't stand by and let her be abused.

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Missy M

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Fri Apr-22-05 09:50 AM
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13. Thank you for your stand...

I believe Jane Fonda sincerely cared enough to try to stop a war. I was very vocal against the Viet Nam War because so many of our soldiers were being killed and maimed. I never believed the reasons for being in that war.

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