Would you like the word iconic better? Another question, were you alive then and older than 12?
I have to have been alive and over 12? Gosh, why? Yes, I was stationed overseas at the time of the shooting.
Would you like the word iconic better? Another question, were you alive then and older than 12?
Sounds like today
I have to have been alive and over 12? Gosh, why? Yes, I was stationed overseas at the time of the shooting.
Hippies dying...trying to give a damn. (Okay I'm not trying at all).
I should have qualified that. When I said 'widespread' discontent, I meant everyone talking about the war, censorship and, lack of representation. Not just a few vocal politically centered folks but, the MAJORITY of every day citizens who differed so wildly in their opinions that there were daily acts of civil disobedience by those same every day citizens. The level of discontent then was an entire order of magnitude greater than now.
Yes, and until May 4th, protesters were safe from harm. The sacred sanctuary of a college campus was violently violated forever on that day.
Do they even teach about what happened at Kent State on May 4, 1970 in schools today?
It was the final day, the true end of innocence, after JFK, MLK, RFK...the day America turned on its own.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126423778
Do they even teach about what happened at Kent State on May 4, 1970 in schools today?
It was the final day, the true end of innocence, after JFK, MLK, RFK...the day America turned on its own.
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=126423778
The Ludlow massacre refers to the violent deaths of 19 people[1]:42 during an attack by the Colorado National Guard on a tent colony of 1,200 striking coal miners and their families at Ludlow, Colorado on April 20, 1914.
Yes, and until May 4th, protesters were safe from harm. The sacred sanctuary of a college campus was violently violated forever on that day.
After reading the article, they got what they deserved. Hardly a tragedy.
Thanks for telling everyone here how ignorant you are.
*boggle*
And that, precisely, is why the world is in the toilet.
The article is a very clear case of yellow journalism. If the military shows up and they tell you to leave, you leave. You don't start attacking them. And you sure as hell don't complain and pretend to be a victim when they defend themselves.
Are you kidding me? Sacred sanctuary my ass. When students are taking over buildings and destroying university and private citizens property they have pretty much destroyed any notion of sacred sanctuary along with their right to "peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances". What happened at Kent State was unfortunate but inevitable when you place National Guardsmen untrained in domestic policing in a situation where people are throwing rocks and bottles at them.
The article is a very clear case of yellow journalism. If the military shows up and they tell you to leave, you leave. You don't start attacking them. And you sure as hell don't complain and pretend to be a victim when they defend themselves.
I wouldn't go that far, IMO the Guardsman were just scared kids, about the same age as the Protestors, who were not trained for such situations and with real lack of leadership panicked and fired.Fuck you.
The closest person to the guard unit which opened fire was a nearly a hundred feet away. The average was several hundred feet. They were not significantly armed. There is absolutely zero hard evidence that they posed a direct threat in ANY way...certainly none which warranted lethal force. Many of the injured were bystanders, not even involved in the protest. The guard unit didn't fire when the most pressed by the protesters...instead they retreated, were not pursued, and then turned and fired. The guard unit acted, not reacted. It was intentional, it was orchestrated, and every one of them is a murdering bastard.
The guard unit broke the law, squashed morality, and EVERY member who fired should have been hung. They were, of course, exonerated (as is usually the case in MASSIVE abuses against the citizenry).
Fuck you.
The closest person to the guard unit which opened fire was a nearly a hundred feet away. The average was several hundred feet. They were not significantly armed. There is absolutely zero hard evidence that they posed a direct threat in ANY way...certainly none which warranted lethal force. Many of the injured were bystanders, not even involved in the protest. The guard unit didn't fire when the most pressed by the protesters...instead they retreated, were not pursued, and then turned and fired. The guard unit acted, not reacted. It was intentional, it was orchestrated, and every one of them is a murdering bastard.
The guard unit broke the law, squashed morality, and EVERY member who fired should have been hung. They were, of course, exonerated (as is usually the case in MASSIVE abuses against the citizenry).
I wouldn't go that far, IMO the Guardsman were just scared kids, about the same age as the Protestors, who were not trained for such situations and with real lack of leadership panicked and fired.