I was at Kent State on May 4, 1970, the last time a stupid fat old man thought it would be a good idea to bring in the National Guard to stop a protest. I watched them march up the hill, drop to their knees and start shooting. They killed four innocent students and wounded many others, not to mention the shattered plate glass windows everywhere.
The fat old man in 1970 also failed to make any provisions for the soldiers he ordered to the university campus, so they slept on the floors. they followed orders.
Trump and Hegseth are inflicting yet another round of PTSD on everyone who can remember May 4th in Kent, Ohio. God knows what else they will inflict upon us.
It's no coincidence that social and political events tend to happen in 50- to 60-year cycles, give or take. We think our grandparents don't really remember things the way they were, or that our grandparents are too old to understand what's going on now. Kent State is now in that cycle, and those of us who remember are the grandparents. But we do know.... What makes things worse is that the current events are unfolding to an audience that has grown up with social media, where almost nothing is the way it seems, and nothing (or everything) seems important or urgent. How do we engage with a generation that has not read 1984 (SparkNotes maybe), that hasn't had major political or social calls for change, and so forth?
I was at Kent State on May 4, 1970, the last time a stupid fat old man thought it would be a good idea to bring in the National Guard to stop a protest. I watched them march up the hill, drop to their knees and start shooting. They killed four innocent students and wounded many others, not to mention the shattered plate glass windows everywhere.
The fat old man in 1970 also failed to make any provisions for the soldiers he ordered to the university campus, so they slept on the floors. they followed orders.
Trump and Hegseth are inflicting yet another round of PTSD on everyone who can remember May 4th in Kent, Ohio. God knows what else they will inflict upon us.
It's no coincidence that social and political events tend to happen in 50- to 60-year cycles, give or take. We think our grandparents don't really remember things the way they were, or that our grandparents are too old to understand what's going on now. Kent State is now in that cycle, and those of us who remember are the grandparents. But we do know.... What makes things worse is that the current events are unfolding to an audience that has grown up with social media, where almost nothing is the way it seems, and nothing (or everything) seems important or urgent. How do we engage with a generation that has not read 1984 (SparkNotes maybe), that hasn't had major political or social calls for change, and so forth?
Even though I buck family on political issues they know I stand strong with TRUTH! And Trumpers are FAR from that! 🏴☠️🤥
Right there with you. I was just out of high school when all that happened. Terrifying times reincarnated.
I visited that parking lot at Kent state a few years ago.😢