Jane Fonda special appearance draws Veteran protestors. What do her apologies mean to you?

2015-01-18T12:40:20-05:00

77-year-old Jane Fonda was at the Weinberg Center for the Arts in Frederick for a speaking engagement Friday.

Fonda told the audience she made a "huge mistake'' that led many to think she was against soldiers fighting in Vietnam, and it's something that she'll take to her grave. She says she understands their anger and that it makes her sad.

Fonda drew the ire of many Americans when she visited North Vietnam at the height of the Vietnam War, leading some to call her "Hanoi Jane.''

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In recent years, Jane Fonda has more vocally apologized for her actions during the Vietnam War, which led many to call her "Hanoi Jane". Many Veterans say her actions are unforgivable and on par with treason against the USA.

What do her apologies these days mean to you? Please vote in the survey!

Response by SFC Mark Merino made Jan 18 at 2015 12:46 PM

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Some actions deserved to be taken to the grave. Her treachery is one of those unforgivable acts. God forgives, but Americans have an excellent memory. "Hanoi Jane" is going on her tombstone.

Response by LTC Stephen C. made Jan 18 at 2015 12:46 PM

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CPT Aaron Kletzing, over the years, she's tried to apologize to some degree, and many of the acts that she's purported to have committed have been shown to be overblown. However, she was wrong overall, and her behavior will never be accepted in the military community, in my opinion. Her apologies to me are hollow and meaningless.

Response by SSG Trevor S. made Jan 18 at 2015 1:03 PM

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She needs to be put on a service wide off limits list. Every time she makes the news she should be part of the weekend safety briefing reminding troops why she is on the list.

Response by TSgt Joshua Copeland made Jan 18 at 2015 1:47 PM

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If it had just been her words that could be forgiven. Her actions directly harmed in a truly physical sense service members. That is unforgivable.

Response by Capt Richard I P. made Jan 18 at 2015 2:48 PM

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There should have been a treason charge, there was not. Too late. I believe she is an old lady full of regret and truly sorry. Forgiveness doesn't free the person who wronged you from what they did, it frees you from the poison of hate.

My vote in this case? Forgive and free yourself.

Response by PO1 Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 18 at 2015 2:51 PM

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Like the old phrase, 'to err is human, to forgive is divine', I forgive her, for I'm not the judge

Response by CW5 Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 18 at 2015 3:01 PM

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I vote to forgive, but not forget what she said and did in Vietnam. For the most part, I agree with those who say she's probably just saying what she thinks people want to hear. On the other hand, she's getting older and she may actually be sorry for what she did. Even if that's the case, that doesn't excuse it, it just makes her sorry for what she did.

Response by SPC Stewart Smith made Jan 18 at 2015 3:17 PM

2015-01-18T15:17:40-05:00

Always forgive, but never forget. Holding anger is too draining.

Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 18 at 2015 3:20 PM

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As the son of a Soldier who served two tours in Vietnam as a Cobra Helicopter Pilot (and who served 27+ years overall), Jane Fonda's actions have always bothered me.
I just wonder how many Americans either lost their life or were otherwise negatively affected by her actions?

Response by MSG Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 18 at 2015 3:46 PM

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This apology is completely self-serving. She thinks this distracts from her latest cause, so she's willing to mumble some seemingly humble words, but then takes it all back in the next sentence.

In her world, veterans just don't understand that she was never against them and it's our fault that we get it wrong.

Response by MSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 18 at 2015 3:56 PM

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What she says is meaningless to me. I believe she is only apologizing because of the way Americans now feel towards the military. Even though I think a lot of that is bogus by many. Some animosity towards the military is starting to rear its ugly head little by little. So no I won't forgive or forget Jane Fonda she is who she is.

Response by SPC David S. made Jan 18 at 2015 3:58 PM

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My father was a pilot during the Vietnam War so no her apologies have little merit with me. What she did was treason in my opinion and should be buried in Vietnam.

Response by Maj Walter Kilar made Jan 18 at 2015 4:02 PM

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I learned at a young age to forgive and forget, but in this case I will make an exception. Yes, I can forgive, even though I really do not have the right to forgive her because her offense was against the past generation.

She succeeded in using her celebrity status to get her message out to the world all those years ago. If she is sincere, then she should make a more concerted effort to use her celebrity status and wealth to make amends with the Vietnam War generation, and to teach the current and next generations a better way to be against war, but not against the military.

Response by CPO Emmett (Bud) Carpenter made Jan 18 at 2015 4:25 PM

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I can't wait for the day she burns in hell

Response by SPC Larry Buck made Jan 19 at 2015 1:07 AM

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I'll leave it up to the Most High the best of judges.

Response by CPT Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 19 at 2015 1:31 AM

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She should be forgiven I think. I think it's been a long enough time and she did apologize. I think if someone openly repents to wrongdoings, forgiveness should be granted. Definitely you can't nor you should forget.

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 19 at 2015 4:26 AM

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*cough*

Facts Anyone?

http://www.snopes.com/military/fonda.asp
http://www.factcheck.org/2010/11/blame-jane-falsehoods/

I particularly like the part where the POW has to sue to get people to stop making things up in his name.

That being said, I try not to pay attention to anything starlets do today. Not sure Barberella should be this big of an issue.

Response by SFC Royce Williams made Jan 19 at 2015 10:33 AM

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I have no excuse for the sorry oxygen thief.

Response by 1SG Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 19 at 2015 11:17 AM

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This is a very transparent attempt by a woman with few years left in her life to attempt a rehabilitation of her legacy before she passes on.
I do not believe she is sincere; she spent decades defending her actions, often with very carefully crafted statements.
I do think she was attempting to be "cool" to the anti-war movement (a lot of great Americans did not support the Vietnam War) and took it several bridges too far. The NV I am quite sure relished the opportunity for photo ops and propaganda, staging and egging on her antics. And her dumb, young a$$ fell for it.
I don't have to forgive her, any more than those Westboro Baptist Church scumbags who disrupted two funerals for Soldiers I knew, and countless others.

By the way, the local VFW has "Hanoi Jane" urinal liners. I think that says it all.

Response by CMSgt James Nolan made Jan 19 at 2015 1:42 PM

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Her acts were intentional. I should be able to forgive, as that is what we are called upon to do. I have thought long and hard on that one, and cannot.

She should have been brought up on charges of Treason, but she was not.

Response by SSgt Stevan Auldridge made Jan 19 at 2015 1:49 PM

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She should have had her citizenship revoked and kicked out of the country.

Response by SGT Raquel Zornes made Jan 19 at 2015 2:21 PM

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I am still surprised that she has not been charged with something. I would love to see it. A little piece of justice for our older brothers and sisters.

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 20 at 2015 2:48 AM

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I think that she is an opportunist for publicity.

Anything that will keep her in the lime light. Many of these Hollywood types make me sick. They live in a world of their own.

Forgiveness is something that gives the offended peace not the offender.

It will never cease to amaze me how these "Characters" have no problem taking money from people yet offend them at the same time.

Response by Sgt David G Duchesneau made Feb 5 at 2015 2:42 PM

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Jane can be as sad as she wants to be but it will never change what she did. She should of been charged with treason. Yes, she admits she made a "huge mistake" but that does not justify her actions. We all have chooses in life and Jane made a choice to do and say the things she did and she can never take it back. She should feel sad! Just my thoughts. If Jane Fonda ever came to my house, which I know she will not, to ask me to forgive her for her atrocities in North Vietnam, the first thing that she would encounter is the above sign that is near the entrance of my home. This sign says it all! SF!

Response by SrA Jay Strauser made Feb 11 at 2015 6:15 PM

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She should be shot. Her brother should be slapped. Just my opinion.

Response by SrA Jay Strauser made Feb 11 at 2015 6:17 PM

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Here is what I think.

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 11 at 2015 6:21 PM

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Let me just say this: She aided and abetted the enemy... She should have hung for her actions. She caused the DEATH of other Soldiers, who were only doing what they were told - by the COUNTRY SHE HAS PROFITED OFF! She deserves to rot in hell. The fact that she said "told the audience she made a 'huge mistake'' that led many to think she was against soldiers fighting in Vietnam, and it's something that she'll take to her grave. She says she understands their anger and that it makes her sad." proves she's an idiot and is not deserving of forgiveness - because it DOESN'T EVEN ACKNOWLEDGE that SHE caused Soldiers to get killed!

Response by SFC Joseph James made Jul 16 at 2015 2:18 AM

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Keep in mind that as insufferable as she was then some of the heinous acts she had been accused of doing may have not actually happened. Do i think she was a trailer? oh hell yeah I do! Did any die from her actions? I'm not so sure. If she didn't and still asked for forgiveness maybe we should let it go and put our collective anger somewhere else. .. like hippies! Dirty dirty hippies! Lol

Response by Sgt David G Duchesneau made Jul 16 at 2015 7:52 AM

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Nothing! The bitch is a sleaze ball and a traitor . I DON"T have any respect for her and if you can't tell, I don't like her!

Response by SSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 16 at 2015 8:42 AM

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She supports Hillary. She has learned nothing.

Response by SGM Erik Marquez made Jul 16 at 2015 9:02 AM

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Actions have consequences.
If you hide the cookies from your wife because she is on a diet.. you can both get past that "deception"
What Fonda did, does not ever go away

Response by PO1 Private RallyPoint Member made Jul 16 at 2015 10:19 AM

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Some things are unforgivable. Actions have consequences and as I tell my children, "Sometimes Sorry is not enough." When you break a plate, sorry doesn't fix it....it's still broken.

Response by PO1 John Miller made Jul 16 at 2015 12:32 PM

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I wasn't even alive when Hanoi Jane did what she did, but I can NEVER forgive nor forget what she did.
"Hey Hanoi Jane, how many Americans have you killed today?"

Response by LTC Tom Jones made May 2 at 2017 11:58 AM

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Young, naive, in love and fighting for a cause that, by 1972, most of the Nation supported--end the war in Vietnam. She claims the POW note passing never happened and that she was manipulated into the infamous photo op placing her in the gunner's seat of the North Vietnamese anti-aircraft gun. Perception is one thing and reality, quite often, another. Truth is, she should never have been there in the first place and her actions furthered the cause of our enemies both at home and abroad. She claims she's sorry and she should be but when it comes to real blame, her actions pale in comparison. From the Gulf of Tonkin to our abandonment of our South Vietnamese allies in the Spring of '75, our Government essentially fought the VN war as a "holding engagement" against Communism at the expense of nearly 60K American and God only knows how many Vietnamese lives--somewhere between one to two million. McNamara said later, "We knew going in that we couldn't win"--WTF. For those who hate Jane Fonda, I get it and I have no problem with it but she is just the Poster Child. Hiding behind her skirts, however, are a lot of Government officials who had the power to do a better job committing troops, prosecuting the war and establishing a workable peace in Vietnam.

Response by SGT David A. 'Cowboy' Groth made May 2 at 2017 1:14 PM

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I was in the military at the time, but she did upset my point of view about her. I can forgive her, but not forget what she did, I'm not her judge.

Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made May 2 at 2017 2:51 PM

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Kinda like a dog that bites you, you will never trust them. Hanoi Jane is a despicable human being.

Response by TSgt Kenneth Ellis made May 2 at 2017 7:32 PM

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I remember watching the news. And hearing that they were waiting for Jane Fonda to show. I didn't lean to later what a traitorous bitch/harpie she is.

Response by SCPO Morris Ramsey made May 2 at 2017 8:34 PM

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Vietvets are not Fon'da Jane.

Response by SGT Philip Roncari made May 2 at 2017 9:15 PM

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Her words now have the same meaning to me as they did when she visited the enemies of my Country,nothing.

Response by CPO Private RallyPoint Member made May 4 at 2017 10:51 AM

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There is no Forgiveness and no forgetting of Hanoi Jane's crimes. My father and stepfather served in Nam. She is a Traitor to America, she provided aid and comfort to the enemy, and through her direct actions caused pain and misery to POW's. She could cure cancer and end global hunger and I would STILL despise her and call her Hanoi Jane.

I learned a long time ago to not accept apologies, they are given by people that think words are more powerful than action. A person will apologize and in time they will justify their actions because they apologized. Once they do that they will convince themselves they have the right to wrong you again. If you never forgive them never forget their actions you will never be taken advantage of by them again. She is in my top ten list of people that should have been tried for treason and met a long drop with a short stop.

Response by SFC William H. made May 12 at 2017 3:39 PM

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So, she's going to take it to her grave huh? Well, not soon enough.

Response by SSgt Boyd Herrst made May 12 at 2017 5:54 PM

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J. Fonda is so full of her own excrement
That she contiuously regurgitates it and it's the same ol' s*** in different words...

Response by Lt Col Jim Coe made May 12 at 2017 7:43 PM

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As a Christian I can forgive her. As an American I will not forget her treason.

Response by GySgt Charles O'Connell made Nov 15 at 2017 8:27 AM

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Okay, she's sorry. So what! She wasn't sorry when she did it, she made a conscious adult decision, but now regrets the action, or says that what she did is taken out of context. Sorry, her actions were not simply misguided youth, they were treasonous.

Response by SGM Erik Marquez made Nov 15 at 2017 8:50 AM

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"it's something that she'll take to her grave."
Not soon enough

Response by Maj John Bell made Nov 15 at 2017 11:22 PM

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I didn't join the military until 1978, Viet Nam was done. But I distinctly remember coming home on leave and some of my friends and acquaintances had a demonstrably bad attitude toward my service and treated me pretty poorly. At reunions now they are all a "big" supporters of the military and "always have been." They pretend they didn't do some of the disgusting things (bodily fluids, excrement, vandalism) to me and to my father's home to show their disapproval. I chose not to come home again for eight years. I will forgive if asked, (never has happened yet); but I will never forget.

Response by SCPO Morris Ramsey made Nov 16 at 2017 12:02 AM

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CPT Aaron Kletzing Is there a statue of limitations on treason?

Response by SMSgt Lawrence McCarter made Nov 16 at 2017 1:27 AM

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There isn't anything that traitor #@$%^# can say that will give Me even one once of respect for Her ! As a Viet Nam Veteran Myself I find the very sight of Her disgust Me ! She also had no idea at all what She was talking about and still hasn't learned anything. I could say a lot more but I'm trying not to swear !

Response by SSG James Behnke made Nov 16 at 2017 3:05 AM

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Hate is like drinking poison and hoping the other person dies.

That is the reason I forgive, although the offense was not against me, but against an earlier generation.

Anything she says falls on deaf ears.

Response by PVT Raymond Lopez made Nov 16 at 2017 4:42 AM

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D0N'T MEAN NOTHING!!! I am handling her funeral personally!!

Response by SP5 Mark Kuzinski made Nov 16 at 2017 5:59 AM

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No way Jane!

Response by PO3 David Greeley made Nov 16 at 2017 8:10 AM

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I am a post Vietnam era Navy veteran. I view her actions during the Vietnam War as collaborating with the enemy. Every time I am reminded of her and those like her I see it as treason. That being said, I grew up watching the Vietnam War and its protest on the evening news. Politics ran the war and its effects definitely affected the morale of our servicemen. I served with active duty personnel who served in Vietnam and I have the highest respect for their duty in Vietnam and high disdain for their treatment by the citizenry of our country. I would look on Jane Fonda more favorably if she actively involved herself in support of our veterans, but I don't see any.. I believe the power of forgiveness so therefore I forgive her, however I can not condone her actions and will not forget it.

Response by Capt Private RallyPoint Member made Jan 18 at 2018 3:49 PM

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Nothing she says can bring those that died due to her actions back to life.

Response by LTC John Griscom made Jan 18 at 2018 3:58 PM

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Just lip service of a different kind. Too many people thought she was doing a good thing. This was
not a humanitarian mission; could have been if she avoided the contact with North Vietnamese military.

Response by SFC Greg Bruorton made Jan 18 at 2018 4:39 PM

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The scriptures reveal that Christ commands all men to forgive for we all wish to be forgiven for those sins that lead us astray. Nevertheless, as a Vietnam veteran, that commandment is difficult to hold so I must try to do that.

Response by SSG Edward Tilton made Jan 18 at 2018 5:29 PM

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I've forgiven Vietnam. I just don't have that much hate in me. Every day someone has to post this bleep, don't they ever get tired of it

Response by SSG Edward Tilton made Jan 21 at 2018 5:39 PM

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There was a saying, "at least she went to Vietnam". Which meant she did more than to cowards who had Bone Spurs or Anal Cysts, or even pooped their pants. When the government gave amnesty to those who left the country I gave up

Response by CW3 Kevin Storm made Jan 21 at 2018 6:56 PM

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Treason by any other name is treason.

Response by SGM Bill Frazer made Mar 9 at 2018 11:15 PM

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NOT A DAMN THING!