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Midnight Writer

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2. The most striking thing I saw after the Kent State Massacre was the people cheerleading over it.

Reply to Diamond_Dog (Original post)

Fri Jun 13, 2025, 01:42 PM

Jun 13

I live in a small town, and it seemed like everyone was thrilled that Nixon was finally shooting those filthy hippie, drug-addicted, free-love, commie traitors that were burning down our country.

This is the time I first started losing friends over a "political" issue.

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Remember Kent State? Military response to protests is dangerous Editorial [View all] Diamond_Dog Jun 13 OP

Redux Kent yankee87 Jun 13 #1

The most striking thing I saw after the Kent State Massacre was the people cheerleading over it. Midnight Writer Jun 13 #2

Midnight, I remember those, too... slightlv Jun 13 #4

I basically wrote a reply that saying the same thing... slightlv Jun 13 #3