Session #97 · 1981–83

Speech #970020599

I ask you to accept one final burden. I ask you to extend the same sense of sacrifice for duty and responsibility one step further. Let the Vbciferous and violent opponents of that warlet the heroes of resistance in Canadalet the Walter Cronkites and the George McGovernslet the Wayne Morses and otherslet them bear the guilt for millions of displaced refugeesof attempted genocide against the Meo Tribesmen in Laos. for atrocities committed against brother Vietnamese. Cambodians. Thai and ethnic Chinese. systematically shot. starved. tortured and imprisonedbecause they did not agree with the policies of the North Vietnamese Governmentlet them accept the responsibility for interfering with your desire to do what was rightlet them accept the responsibility for this twisted. sick. attempt to deprive these people of their rights and privileges and happiness.
Keywords matched
refugeesof

Classification

Target group
Also mentioned
Meo Tribesmen Vietnamese Cambodians Thai ethnic Chinese
Sentiment
Negative
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Humanitarian Victim

Speaker & context

Speaker
DONALD BAILEY
Party
D
Chamber
H
State
PA
Gender
M
Date
1981-04-08
Speech ID
970020599
Paragraph
#0
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