Jane Fonda should have been tried and convicted as a traitor. Spitting on her is a mild rebuke for what she did. A little spittle consitutes an appropriate and warranted response.
I don't know what "side" you are talking about, but many Americans, regardless of political party, despise her. The Holzers' book, "Aid and Comfort," makes a detailed and compelling case that Fonda should be in jail rather than on an obscene book tour making money and revising history.
I applaud Mr. Smith for his restraint and pithy response. I would hazard a guess that he is a Vietnam vet, like myself. Your tut-tut response doesn't sit well with me. Fonda deserves to be shunned and reviled for her actions along with her words. It is not a matter of civil discourse.
In case you missed it, one of the drawings in my A CHILD'S EYE VIEW OF JOHN KERRY calls Kerry and Fonda traitorous scumbags.
Instead of spitting in her face, I prefer to do it song ---
You're asking for forgiveness for things you've done
But there's no way that you will be fooling anyone
Your pictures with the commies are for all time
There will be no forgiveness...Jane Fonda, you are slime
Rot in hell...Fonda, rot in hell
We don't believe phony words you try to sell
We know that as an actress you cry on cue
To get us to believe you, there's nothing you can do
Your pictures with the commies are for all time
There will be no forgiveness...Jane Fonda, you are slime
There can be no forgiveness...Jane Fonda, you are slime
You want us to just move on...you ask too much
You gave support to Kerry...you're still out of touch
Your pictures with the commies are for all time
There will be no forgiveness...Jane Fonda, you are slime
Rot in hell...Fonda, rot in hell
We don't believe phony words you try to sell
Because of you brave men died in Vietnam
Because of you our soldiers had been spit upon
Your pictures with the commies are for all time
There will be no forgiveness...Jane Fonda, you are slime
There will be no forgiveness...Jane Fonda, you are slime