Gulliver and the Vietniks

According to official opinion, the movement of opposition to the U.S. action in Vietnam is of little practical importance; and within that movement—still according to official opinion—the “extremist elements” (i.e., Communists and miscellaneous revolutionaries) play an insignificant role.

Official opinion on this matter bolsters itself with statistics. The Gallup and other polls find that eighty or whatever per cent of voters “support President Johnson’s Vietnam policy.” University surveys show that campus Vietniks number only a few per cent of students and teachers. And among the protestants observers identify only a minor fraction as persons adhering to revolutionary outfits.

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According to official opinion, the movement of opposition to the U.S. action in Vietnam is of little practical importance; and within that movement—still according to official opinion—the “extremist elements” (i.e., Communists and miscellaneous revolutionaries) play an insignificant role.

Official opinion on this matter bolsters itself with statistics. The Gallup and other polls find that eighty or whatever per cent of voters “support President Johnson’s Vietnam policy.” University surveys show that campus Vietniks number only a few per cent of students and teachers. And among the protestants observers identify only a minor fraction as persons adhering to revolutionary outfits.