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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 09:58 AM Original message |
What I Lost at Kent State |
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FourScore (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 10:01 AM Response to Original message |
1. There are no words....k&r |
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midnight (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
2. I read this post with a heavy heart. |
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ixion (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 10:03 AM Response to Original message |
3. k/r. Thanks for posting, Echo. |
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Morning Dew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 10:05 AM Response to Original message |
4. I'm not an easy cry |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 10:07 AM Response to Original message |
5. I remember Kent State like it was yesterday. My sister had just graduated from there. I was at Ohio |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 10:09 AM Response to Original message |
6. Another DU thread from last week: |
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FailureToCommunicate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 08:34 PM Response to Reply #6 |
64. Link for anyone who is unfamiliar with the details of that awful day... |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 09:13 PM Response to Reply #64 |
68. Its hard to realize that its been so long now that many don't even know..... |
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FailureToCommunicate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 08:54 AM Response to Reply #68 |
84. Yes, I sound like Methuselah to young folks when Kent State is discussed. I only hope |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 09:12 PM Response to Reply #84 |
90. "They" say that even short memory of a huge event is somehow distorted. |
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FailureToCommunicate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Wed May-05-10 09:44 AM Response to Reply #90 |
92. You are right. The draft and the (only three!) network news of war did make a difference |
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bobbolink (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 09:13 PM Response to Reply #84 |
91. "They" say that even short memory of a huge event is somehow distorted. |
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Auggie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 10:11 AM Response to Original message |
7. K&R: "let us lower the volume and be civil toward one another" |
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spanone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 10:12 AM Response to Original message |
8. k&r.... |
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ScreamingMeemie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 10:13 AM Response to Original message |
9. Recommended |
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Dyedinthewoolliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 10:15 AM Response to Original message |
10. Wow............. |
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G_j (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 10:16 AM Response to Original message |
11. heartbreaking |
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BobbyBoring (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 03:39 PM Response to Reply #11 |
39. How true |
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boppers (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 12:38 AM Response to Reply #39 |
74. "The drumbeat for war with Iraq"... |
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Loki (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 10:18 AM Response to Original message |
12. We lost too many to that ugly, horrible war, |
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virgogal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 10:27 AM Response to Reply #12 |
14. Waco and Ruby Ridge come to mind. |
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sinkingfeeling (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 12:49 PM Response to Reply #14 |
24. Not even close to the same thing. |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 02:47 PM Response to Reply #14 |
31. False equivalency comes to mind |
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HiFructosePronSyrup (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 03:14 PM Response to Reply #14 |
33. So you're saying this woman's son... |
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alfredo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 10:19 AM Response to Original message |
13. I was living in Detroit at the time. Soon after the murders, four Kent State |
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Morning Dew (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 10:40 AM Response to Original message |
15. Remembering the wounded |
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MissDeeds (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 07:16 PM Response to Reply #15 |
56. Thank you for this |
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mistertrickster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 07:41 PM Response to Reply #15 |
59. Photos showed the Guard were using WW2 era M1 rifles. These weapons will drop an |
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JohnnyLib2 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 10:44 AM Response to Original message |
16. That terrible, dark day--- |
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amborin (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 10:51 AM Response to Original message |
17. K&R |
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annabanana (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 10:56 AM Response to Original message |
18. As horrifying today as it was 40 years ago. . . n/t |
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nannah (690 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 11:30 AM Response to Original message |
19. my mother saw the 1st news footage of the shootings |
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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 11:36 AM Response to Original message |
20. Wow |
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kgnu_fan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 11:42 AM Response to Original message |
21. We need to stop the war |
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RedCloud (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 12:24 PM Response to Original message |
22. They were definitely murdered. It was revenge for being outfoxed by students. |
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Demeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 12:35 PM Response to Original message |
23. We Are Far Too Civil While Our Civil Liberties Are Taken From Us |
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archiemo (257 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 12:51 PM Response to Original message |
25. This is heartbreaking. I'm so sorry for your loss. |
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kath (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 04:23 PM Response to Reply #25 |
45. FYI, I don't think the OP is Jeffrey Miller's mother, but just posted the piece for us. |
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Hissyspit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 01:06 PM Response to Original message |
26. kick nt |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 02:06 PM Response to Original message |
27. Bump |
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lfairban (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
28. Commemoration pictures |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 02:31 PM Response to Reply #28 |
30. Thank you |
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Rhiannon12866 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 02:14 PM Response to Original message |
29. K&R. Wow. Heartbreaking. We should never forget these lives cut short... |
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suffragette (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 03:05 PM Response to Original message |
32. K&R |
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T Wolf (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 03:15 PM Response to Original message |
34. Government actions at Kent State and Jackson State taught the anti-war movement what they |
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freebrew (478 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 03:37 PM Response to Reply #34 |
38. If they support this madness, |
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southerncrone (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 03:25 PM Response to Original message |
35. This was one of the first acts designed to take away our freedoms. |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 04:08 PM Response to Reply #35 |
42. Absolutely. Now consider all of the new various crowd control 'toys' of the MIC ... |
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onethatcares (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 03:30 PM Response to Original message |
36. you have my heart felt condolences and I wish I could have met your son. |
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tpsbmam (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 03:32 PM Response to Original message |
37. I lived in NYC at the time. Mayor John Lindsay lowered city flags to half-mast in |
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Lifelong Protester (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 03:39 PM Response to Original message |
40. K & R One of America's saddest days... |
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freddie mertz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 04:06 PM Response to Original message |
41. So important to remember and learn from that terrible day. |
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AnArmyVeteran (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 04:17 PM Response to Reply #41 |
43. Just seeing scenes from that day of the Kent State massacre brings tears to my eyes... |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 01:48 AM Response to Reply #43 |
76. +1 |
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abq e streeter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 04:19 PM Response to Original message |
44. I was a college student then--I had pretty much assumed they'd start killing us |
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webDude (830 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 04:24 PM Response to Original message |
46. My prayers are with you. |
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laughingliberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 04:30 PM Response to Original message |
47. Devastating |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 04:43 PM Response to Original message |
48. kick |
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janet118 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 04:53 PM Response to Original message |
49. My boyfriend at the time was a friend of Jeff's |
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tavalon (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 05:56 PM Response to Reply #49 |
51. yet you continued to protest |
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Shining Jack (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 05:15 PM Response to Original message |
50. I lost it... |
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FailureToCommunicate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 06:45 PM Response to Original message |
52. I was in high school at the time. There was of course |
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secondwind (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 06:47 PM Response to Original message |
53. This is by far the most moving DU post I have ever read. My heart cries out for you and your family |
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Swamp Rat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 06:49 PM Response to Original message |
54. k&r |
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Omaha Steve (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 06:55 PM Response to Original message |
55. K&R! |
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Ohio Joe (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
57. Ohio |
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Mojeoux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 10:20 PM Response to Reply #57 |
70. "4 Dead in Ohio, what if you knew her and found her dead on the ground?" |
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MissDeeds (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 07:26 PM Response to Original message |
58. What a horrible event in our history |
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Sancho (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 07:54 PM Response to Original message |
60. I remember that day...and this war mongering must end! |
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Union Yes (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 08:22 PM Response to Original message |
61. K&R nt |
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Atticus (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 08:24 PM Response to Original message |
62. On that day, an errant wind briefly lifted the curtain and revealed the blind monster |
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grantcart (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 08:34 PM Response to Original message |
63. Very moving |
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BrklynLiberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 08:58 PM Response to Original message |
65. there are no words................... |
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James48 (517 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 09:04 PM Response to Original message |
66. There are no winners. |
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lunatica (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 09:08 PM Response to Original message |
67. You have touched my heart profoundly |
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Mojeoux (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 10:16 PM Response to Reply #67 |
69. K & R |
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haydukelives (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 11:47 PM Response to Original message |
71. I will always remember Kent State |
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susanna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 11:51 PM Response to Original message |
72. This just breaks my heart. n/t |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Mon May-03-10 11:57 PM Response to Original message |
73. I am sorry Echo in Light. |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 10:10 AM Response to Reply #73 |
86. Hi there...I sourced the article. It's not a personal accounting. Thanks, though |
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lonestarnot (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 09:07 PM Response to Reply #86 |
89. I'm still sorry. |
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BlueIris (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 01:03 AM Response to Original message |
75. . |
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Enthusiast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 01:52 AM Response to Original message |
77. K&R |
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Douglas Carpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 02:16 AM Response to Original message |
78. kick and recommend |
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DesertDiamond (838 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 03:04 AM Response to Original message |
79. Thank you for your beautiful plea for peace. I promise to keep fighting for it. |
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lillypaddle (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 04:28 AM Response to Original message |
80. With horror I watched |
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Paper Roses (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 06:02 AM Response to Original message |
81. I am old enough to remember that horrible day. |
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Number9Dream (574 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 06:38 AM Response to Original message |
82. My sympathy, Ms. Holstein - I remember the tragedy vividly |
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FailureToCommunicate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 09:16 AM Response to Reply #82 |
85. Very good link. Thanks, Number 9! |
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Echo In Light (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 12:35 PM Response to Reply #82 |
88. Thanks for that |
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MsFlorida (370 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 08:03 AM Response to Original message |
83. I lived there, just a few short miles away |
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randr (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Tue May-04-10 10:23 AM Response to Original message |
87. Thank you so much for sharing |
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