If you read no other long essay today, PLEASE read this. It talk about when, in 1970, the Governor of Ohio at the time, methodically murdered 4 college students through orders to the state’s National Guard troops. No one was held accountable. I knew 4 students were shot by national guardsmen at the time but I chose not to know the details until today. This is highly emotional material, so please beware when you read.
Tin soldiers and Nixon’s coming, We’re finally on our own, This summer I hear the drumming, Four dead in Ohio One of the most famous songs to mention Nixon by name…or at least the one I think of the most. It was inspired by a tragic real event that took place onMay 4, 1970, when the US National […]
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My father and I didn’t speak for days afterwards, and we all wore black armbands in school for weeks too. That was a dark time, Funny, I told someone today that I thought Trump was worse than Nixon, but maybe not. (K)
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Don’t tell me your dad was ok with it? Yah, I know what you mean about considering who is worse, tough call.
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He mellowed out in later years and admitted he was wrong. Support for Nixon and the war, too, was very strong, and just as irrational as that for Trump. Time makes us forget these things.
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I certainly remember those days :-(
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I remember them as images on a tv screen. It didn’t seem real. I was too wrapped up in survival to pay much attention at that age.
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We had a cousin who was in the National Guard at the time; I remember how horrified he was about what the standing orders had been at Kent State; and I can still see the images of dead students from that day in the back of my mind.
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I’m so sorry you have that memory.
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Ugh…. NIXON. :-P
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No one was held accountable… that is just ridiculous. Like Hans said earlier today it was a turning point in the war.
I didn’t know that violence broke out at other universities until today.
Thanks for reblogging!
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It is very disturbing, and you are welcome. Did you see the story I wrote tonight?
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Not yet… we had storms that knocked out our electricity for 5 hours… I’ve been checking from my phone… I will get to it next.
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Has the storm passed, I hope? 5 hours without electricity is a long time.
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Oh yes it was a long time. It passed…My cousin was over and we used a computer battery backup and plugged a lamp in and played Yahtzee all night… it was getting hot though…I’m going to fire up the laptop now.
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Max did a great job writing about this song.
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Yes he did.
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