For the following question,refer to the following excerpt. The children of the bright,good parents were spared the more immediate sort of suffering that our inferiors were undergoing.And because of that,when our parents were opposed to the war,they were opposed in a bloodless,theoretical fashion,as they might be opposed to political corruption or racism in South Africa.As long as the little gold stars [sent to parents whose son was killed in war] kept going to homes in Chelsea [a working-class part of Boston] and the backwoods of West Virginia,the mothers of Beverly Hills and Chevy Chase and Great Neck and Belmont [all affluent suburbs] were not on the telephone to their congressman screaming,"You killed my boy." ...It is clear by now that if the men of Harvard had wanted to do the very most they could to help shorten the war,they should have been drafted or imprisoned en masse.
James Fallows,"What Did You Do in the Class War,Daddy?" Washington Monthly,October 1975
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The passage is discussing the differing experiences and reactions of affluent families to the Vietnam War, and how their lack of direct involvement led to a more theoretical opposition to the war. The mention of little gold stars being sent to working-class homes and the absence of wealthy mothers calling their congressmen indicates that the war was being opposed by those who were personally affected by it, and not necessarily by those who were more removed from its consequences. This suggests a rise in domestic opposition to the war, which makes option C the best choice.

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