They're still dead (in Ohio)
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and many other years. For some reason I still fixate on that.
I am grateful that snipers haven't been sent to remove Guido Reichstadter* from the Frederick Douglass bridge but a point about Kent state was that the dead students weren't even protesting (or not all) - just walking across campus. It was like the Boston Massacre, in that the occupying troops were on edge and there had been what might be considered provocation (thanks, John Adams) but passersby were killed.
* https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/crime/person-climbs-frederick-douglass-memorial-bridge-top/65-30e5359e-9815-4d1b-a672-f932deaf6615
and many other years. For some reason I still fixate on that.
I am grateful that snipers haven't been sent to remove Guido Reichstadter* from the Frederick Douglass bridge but a point about Kent state was that the dead students weren't even protesting (or not all) - just walking across campus. It was like the Boston Massacre, in that the occupying troops were on edge and there had been what might be considered provocation (thanks, John Adams) but passersby were killed.
* https://www.wusa9.com/article/news/crime/person-climbs-frederick-douglass-memorial-bridge-top/65-30e5359e-9815-4d1b-a672-f932deaf6615
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Date: 2026-05-04 03:33 pm (UTC)I'd heard about Kent State in school (I distinctly remember my Social Studies teacher talking about it when we going over the Boston Massacre), but I don't think I really got a sense of how things unfolded until I read the short book the university published about it. I wish it felt less relevant.