libertarirynn:

tilthat:

TIL: People like Forrest Gump were real. In the Vietnam War, a program under LBJ, and McNamara swept through the ghettos of America looking for low IQ people to induct into the Armed Forces; in total 354000 people. Termed “McNamara’s Morons” they were KIA at 3x the rate of other soldiers

via reddit.com

Somehow stories of the US government taking advantage of the intellectually disabled and getting them killed is lot less charming than Forrest Gump innocently running across the country, meeting presidents, and starting shrimp restaurants.