Back to Robin Hood, if we want to correct the record it will require highlighting the turning point. See this:
One side will gladly say something is true and the other will gladly deny it, but only those who can contrast the before, turning point, and after can put the issue to bed.
Was the Vietnam War unpopular in the US?
In 1968 there were 4 candidates worth mentioning.
McCarthy was the anti-war candidate in the primaries and lost bigly to Humphrey who was pro-war.
In November 1968 Humphrey, Wallace and Nixon were all pro-war. Nixon was the most pro-war and won easily. It could be argued that the South went anti-Democrat (for Wallace) due to the McCarthy/Days Of Rage/ Democrat Convention as much or more than the racial issue.
In 1972 pro-war, anti-communist Nixon won everything except MN against McGovern of MN. Nixon did not show any weakness on the war until after he was elected.
In both 1968 and 1972 Nixon was known as Tricky Dick and hated by many Republicans and independents ... But they voted for the guy they hated because he was pro-war.
I was in heavily Democrat Chicago inner city during that period, active in Alinsky Community Organizationns, citywide co-chair of several committees with Bob Lucas from CORE and KOCO (Rev Wright’s neighborhood).
Most of the Alinsky activists were pro-war. It was something that united them with the hated Daley machine and kept them in the Democrat fold.
See if you can find that ... even a hint of that ... in any history book. They all say the Vietnam war was unpopular, which was stated falsely by the media at that time.
(PS I hated Nixon. My friends and I voted for libertarian Dick Gregory in 1968 and John Hosper in 1972. So I am not biased for Nixon. I consider Nixon’s revenue sharing the worst idea out of DC in my lifetime.)