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ELI5:Why were Vietnam War Veterans hated by the American public?

I always see things on tv and in films that show the American public hating/abusing Vietnam War Veterans. Why is it that this occurs, or is it just something that happens in films?
gpt
Vietnam was the first televised war. It was the first time that we did not get information about the war through the filter of newspapers and authors. Seeing actual footage was much more visceral than reading about it in books and articles or even seeing photos of it so the true horror of war was better communicated to the civilian populace. It was also communicated much closer to real time than any war previously. 

It did really happen and that reaction is something that many in America fee ashamed of. That is actually a major component of why the US is so pro-military and hero worships its soldiers so much now.