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Has Achieved Nirvana |
https://www.npr.org/2024/05/04...ts-protests-survivor
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Has Achieved Nirvana |
My Ohio friends were at Kent State when this happened and lost some friends. It has always been thus, and thus it will always be.
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| (self-titled) semi-posting lurker Minor Deity  |
WTG thanks for posting that.
Steve, what do you mean?
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| Has Achieved Nirvana |
No one learned anything from the Kent State massacre and many are all too eager to repeat it. I don’t see that changing.
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| (self-titled) semi-posting lurker Minor Deity |
Ahh. Yeah a lot of lessons from the past seem unlearned or forgotten 
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Has Achieved Nirvana |
She says she sees similarities with the students who are protesting at college campuses across the country today, calling for a cease-fire in Gaza and university divestment from companies linked to Israel. "They at least know that they don't want any famine and suffering and death done in their name," she says. "And so it's inspiring to see them having similar conversations that we had, saying 'We don't like what we're seeing and we need to speak out against it.' " | |||
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Minor Deity |
“ Nixon referred to student protesters as "bums," while then-California Gov. Ronald Reagan said "if it takes bloodbath" to deal with campus demonstrators "let's get it over with." Yikes
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