The so-called anti-war movement was actually the catalyst for my turning to the right.
I was brought up by New Deal Democrat parents, and considered myself a liberal. But the smugness of the Left in their hatred for America, and the group-think that was evident amongst the anti-war demonstrators, all turned me off.
In the 1972 presidential election, though I was a registered Democrat at the time, I could not make myself pull the lever for the insufferable George McGovern.
Good for you! You woke up early!
I was raised conservative, my dad was a Democrat not a new deal Democrat by any means- but there was not one thing he would have in common with Democrats now. Even then my parents had more in common with conservatives than Democrats. I knew many that served in the war, many in my family have served and are now serving in the military. It was never a question for me who or what I supported.
It was far harder for people like you that had to put some thought into what was going on, process it and decide it was not something you were going to go with.