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“Hell no! We won’t go!”

The My Lai Massacre showed the horror of the war in Vietnam. American people saw what was happening to innocent citizens, and they were horrified. American officials also tried to cover up the incident, also telling the American people that they were misinformed of what was actually happening.

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“Hell no! We won’t go!”

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  1. The My Lai Massacre showed the horror of the war in Vietnam. American people saw what was happening to innocent citizens, and they were horrified. American officials also tried to cover up the incident, also telling the American people that they were misinformed of what was actually happening. The shootings at Kent State University caused wide-spread strike. People said that the National Guard's actions against the protesting students were "unnecessary, unwarranted, and inexcusable". The draft also caused concern against the war. People thought that it was unfair and racist. Martin Luther King claimed that it was "a white man's war, a black man's fight". Most of the draftees were poor, undereducated, blue-collar workers or unemployed. “No, We Don't Want To DiePlease Let's Change It AllPlease Let's Make It AllGood For The PresentAnd Better For The FutureLet's Just Love One AnotherLet's Show Peace For Each OtherWe Can Make It HappenLet's Just Make It Happen" --It Better End Soon - Robert Lamn and Terry Kath “Hell no! We won’t go!” One method of protesting the war were sit-ins. These are peaceful ways of protesting the war by sitting down in a public place and refusing to leave. A famous sit-in was the one on October 16, 1967 where 120 war protesters were arrested in Oakland, California at the draft induction center. Parades were a popular way of protesting the war. People would gather in large groups of minimum a 100 people and parade through streets waving banners saying the war is bad and useless. Usually the police would come to separate them and people would get arrested. The protests even spread into the army fighting in Vietnam. In 1966, the "Fort Hood 3" were praised by protesters for refusing to serve in Vietnam. The Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) were a group of students, led by Al Haber and Tom Hayden. They organized protests, including the March on Washington. At the height of the antiwar movement, the extreme part of the SDS, who called themselves the Weathermen, resorted to violent actions against the government and the military.

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