Hippies of Today

[Dominique]

Originally Posted by T4Texas

Kent State happened when I was in my first year of high school and it had an enormous impact on me because it started me thinking about our government and its workings. It was the beginning of my becoming interested in politics and noting the vast differences between our political and private selves. Shortly after, I read the book Kent State by James Michener which chronicled the events of that time. Most of those kids that were shot were not even protesting, but passing through a parking lot nearby. They were murdered by the National Guard, non of whom were ever charged and except for a few people who remember, the event has pretty much been shoved under the rug of history. I hope they will never be forgotten, and I believe it was an indictment to what our country had become in those turbulent times.

We must be the same age. I was also a Freshman. I had a Problems of Democracy teacher who was very caught up in the political movement. I'm glad he was. He encouraged us to read and talk about what was going on.
There was alot of fear then. I applaud those students for striking. The National Guard, as we knew it, was to protect us, not shoot us. Don't forget, in America, you are allowed to protest. And yes, just as you said, not only was a peacful demonstration taking place, innocent, non involved
students were MURDERED.

I often wonder why demonstrations about Iraq (prolonged Iraq) and now Afganistan have not happened.