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HeartLikeAWheel

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16. No riots on the 4th

Sat Mar 19, 2016, 01:28 PM

Mar 2016

No, there were no riots at Kent State on May 4, 1970. There had been disturbances downtown over the weekend, mainly when the local police closed the bars, and a wooden ROTC building was burned, but on May 4 there was a large demonstration, met by a National Guard that had been urged to "get tough." I say this as someone who grew up in Kent, Ohio, and who was a high school student at the university lab school then. As my mother said at the time, "I was in San Francisco on V-J Day. I know what a riot looks like, and that was no riot."

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You know what they used to do with protesters when they "got out of line"... [View all] Turborama Mar 2016 OP

Thank you for this, and this is exactly what Trump was referring to. Jackie Wilson Said Mar 2016 #1

And Donald and his rich buddies would have been doing the shooting also. LiberalArkie Mar 2016 #9

No, not really. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2016 #27

1968 Democratic Convention in Chicago Jim Beard Mar 2016 #29

Yup. Remember it well. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2016 #30

I was far away and as you, I remember it well. Jim Beard Mar 2016 #34

Thanks for the reminder saidsimplesimon Mar 2016 #44

we AIN'T seen nuthin yet heaven05 Mar 2016 #2

Watch out unless you're a white Christian male. Everyone else is fair game SammyWinstonJack Mar 2016 #7

Donald reminds me of the old adage about porn, '" a society gets the porn they deserve " ahead in orpupilofnature57 Mar 2016 #3

Yep, Dump is knowingly inciting violence at his rallies for cheap political gain. Rex Mar 2016 #4

TRUCK FUMP! eShirl Mar 2016 #5

YES! TUCK DUMP! Rex Mar 2016 #6

DUCK, FRUMP! SusanCalvin Mar 2016 #8

THUMP TRUMP in November! napkinz Mar 2016 #19

So aren't those trump supporters/voters totally dissing WWII SammyWinstonJack Mar 2016 #11

I agree 100%. Rex Mar 2016 #24

Yeah, and we beat them all by ourselves? Jim Beard Mar 2016 #31

Depends on who you ask. Rex Mar 2016 #33

TheRump-lickers think "political correctness" is Liberal fascism. They see themselves as heroes & Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2016 #39

Don't know if this is appropriate here, but RoBear Mar 2016 #41

Like romney protesting for the Vietnam war cutroot Mar 2016 #10

Except you can't compare the Kent State rioters (yes, they were rioters) to Trump's protestors. Archae Mar 2016 #12

They are not "silent", nor are they a "majority", except in Republican Primary voters circles. world wide wally Mar 2016 #14

I know. "Silent Majority" was always a myth. Remember, this was Nixon-era politics. Archae Mar 2016 #15

Same with Tea Party Jim Beard Mar 2016 #32

No riots on the 4th HeartLikeAWheel Mar 2016 #16

Thank you. narnian60 Mar 2016 #20

Thank you HeartLikeAWheel NEOhiodemocrat Mar 2016 #26

Two of the students killed weren't even participating in the protests! That's bullwinkle428 Mar 2016 #37

I thank you too. montana_hazeleyes Mar 2016 #46

It's the punishment he's reminiscing about when he refers to bringing back "the old days". n/t Turborama Mar 2016 #28

This is why I don't understand the support Rebkeh Mar 2016 #13

Tin soldiers and Nixon coming, PatrickforO Mar 2016 #17

this summer, the convention will be in OHIO napkinz Mar 2016 #18

Beat me on getting this posted Omaha Steve Mar 2016 #21

to borrow from Trump, I worry about "bad things happening" ... napkinz Mar 2016 #22

I literally just got a chill... riderinthestorm Mar 2016 #40

Don't forget firehoses and police dogs for the black protestors. Not to mention ropes strung... Hekate Mar 2016 #23

I won't alert on this but I don't like the idea of giving evil ideas to evil people. Jitter65 Mar 2016 #25

Those evil people already have those evil ideas. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2016 #35

Yeah, that's called deception. We can't hide our embarrassing history, shouldn't try. Btw, the jtuck004 Mar 2016 #38

I was one of 13,000 arrested once. braddy Mar 2016 #36

I was teaching in western Kansas at the time, and RoBear Mar 2016 #42

I hear the drumming • Four dead in O-hi-o FraDon Mar 2016 #43

Kent State was not the first time protesters were shot and killed here by our govenment burfman Mar 2016 #45

Thanks for this information burfman. montana_hazeleyes Mar 2016 #47

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