Common Slogans and Chants
- The slogan "One, two, three, four! We don't want your fucking war!" was chanted repeatedly at demonstrations throughout the U.S. in the late 1960s and early 1970s.
- "Draft Beer, not boys", "Hell no, we won't go", "Make love, not war" and "Eighteen today, dead tomorrow" were a few of the anti war slogans. "Hey, hey, LBJ, how many kids did you kill today?" Was chanted during LBJ's tenure as President.
- "Love our country", "America, love it or leave it" and "No glory like old glory" are examples of pro-war slogans.
There are many other pro- and anti- war slogans, however the mere informational use of those are very small. The group that mostly used the anti-war slogans were called "doves"; those that supported the war were known as "hawks."
Read more about this topic: Protests Against The Vietnam War
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