Tonight on The Vietnam War

[erinlough]

I was reduced to tears remembering the end of my innocent belief that it was safe and ok in America to speak out. I remember the shock of seeing students like myself shot at their school just because they were speaking out. I’ll never forget it. We must be vigilant we are headed in this same direction.

[blue neen]

1. There are so many parallels in our country today.

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[muntrv]

2. Just finished watching it. Not suprisingly,

they episode ends with Neil Young "Ohio."

[Number9Dream]

10. Rest In Peace - Allison Krause, Sandra Scheuer, Jeffrey Miller, William Schroeder.

I remember how the killings at Kent State pushed a large number of my high school classmates, who were politically middle-of-the-road, much further toward the anti-war, anti-establishment end of the spectrum. After all, this was a demonstration on a college campus in middle America, not China. They felt it could be them next.

My older brother, in the 11th Light Infantry Brigade, in S. Vietnam, didn't hear about it until a day or two after. He said most of the soldiers felt that battle-dressed guardsmen should not have responded, even to rock throwing, with lethal force.

[sinkingfeeling]

3. Crying here as well. My sister graduated from KSU in 1970.

I was on the campus, protesting the war, at Ohio State. Rhodes sent the guard to OSU to protect the ROTC building. I will always remember the fear I felt walking past the guardsmen.
After Kent, we amassed by the 1000s on the Oval.

https://derfcity.blogspot.com/2015/04/45-years-ago-today-ohio-state.html?m=1g

[Alpeduez21]

4. America does not believe in the first amendment

[we can do it]

5. We used to live just down the road from KSU.

[Loge23]

6. Open wounds

I see I wasn't the only one in tears at the end of this chapter.
Noteworthy was the hundreds of hate mail sent to the grieving family of William Knox Schoeder, a ROTC scholarship student. These horrid messages came from the same ilk of people who support the IPOTUS today.
The wounds opened from the Civil Rights movement and the opposition to the Vietnam war have really never healed.
Never forget Phillip Lafayette Gibbs and James Earl Green , murdered at Jackson State along with Jeffrey Glenn Miller, Allison B. Krause, Sandra Lee Scheuer, and Mr. Schroeder at Kent State. Twenty-one others also suffered injuries, one paralyzed for life from these cowardly attacks.
This can easily happen again and wouldn't the current illegitimate administration just love to see it.

[sinkingfeeling]

7. It is happening, only now It's white policemen killing black kids.

[Loge23]

11. Yes indeed. (Eom)

[dalton99a]

8. Trump is following in Nixon's footsteps

with all the lies and demagoguery and divisive garbage

[erinlough]

9. It is worse because now there is no reason they can point to, in many cases, for the killing.

That came off like I was excusing what happened at Kent State. No, I meant the country could say the students deserved it because they were there. I heard that back then. there is no one to blame now, except for Police, and that is a cultural taboo in our country. I'm not against the Police, but we have elevated them to god like status, and it's dangerous.

[lastlib]

12. God, it was WRENCHING to watch that!!

I hope that fucking Gov. Rhodes is burning in hell, right beside Nixon!! . . . .

The Guardsmen, too! FUCK them all with a chain-saw!

Never any JUSTICE for those who died or were wounded. Makes me SEETHE with rage.