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That's what I thought.
See, the reason I asked is that at work the other day, it was just me and one coworker. We had my iPod in, and CSN&Y's "Ohio" came on.
"Oh, I LOVE this song!" she said.
I nodded. "Yeah. A few years ago, when I lived out that way, some friends of mine took me on a tour of the campus, right after one of the anniversary memorials. It was really, really disturbing and sad."
Blank look.
"Um...Kent State? The student shootings?"
Crickets.
Now, I know this woman is dumb as a box of hammers. Really. But she had never heard of Kent State. She had never heard of the protests. I'm actually surprised she had ever heard of Vietnam. I was somewhat stunned, and I started to wonder, "Is that normal? Do people just not know about it any more?" So no, I'm relieved to find that it's not completely forgotten, that people still know what happened there, and how important it was.
And for the record? She's 47.
"Oh, I LOVE this song!" she said.
I nodded. "Yeah. A few years ago, when I lived out that way, some friends of mine took me on a tour of the campus, right after one of the anniversary memorials. It was really, really disturbing and sad."
Blank look.
"Um...Kent State? The student shootings?"
Crickets.
Now, I know this woman is dumb as a box of hammers. Really. But she had never heard of Kent State. She had never heard of the protests. I'm actually surprised she had ever heard of Vietnam. I was somewhat stunned, and I started to wonder, "Is that normal? Do people just not know about it any more?" So no, I'm relieved to find that it's not completely forgotten, that people still know what happened there, and how important it was.
And for the record? She's 47.
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I think we're spared enough. We need to be constantly reminded of how shite things were and are-because they are about to get much, much worse. Lock and load.
As far as I know, since Vietnam, we have not had any protests end in death on American soil. That is about 40 years. Go team!
Just the death of some rights and no real 'redress of grievances'. Can you say 'free speech zone'? Sure ya can.