90% of Ole Miss fans would spit on a veteran in private if it somehow made Dan Wolken look foolish in public.
eta: Keep in mind that the people coming up with this convoluted, twisted interpretation of Wolken's comments will go to their grave denying the relationship between the moniker "Ole Miss" and slavery.
After all the best Rebels were slaughtered by America in the Civil War, the ones that were left were cowards and cripples. They learned to not get into harm's way, or do anything that would help America fight a war against a savage, desperate enemy.
If you look at the Soldier statue at THE Mississippi State University, it's a World War I doughboy- A WINNER, who kicked the Kaiser's ***.
Also, the best players on MSU's 1940 and 1941 consecutive National Championship football teams went off to fight the Nazis and the Japanese Empire...a few didn't return, while some others were physically and emotionally wrecked by their experiences.
On the other hand, most Ole Miss players Diddy's connections to get 4-F deferments and "too important to the war effort" to go off and fight (very notable exception- Charlie Conerly).
During Vietnam, most OM students were closet draft-dodgers.
P.S. where was Archie Manning during the Vietnam War?