My History Can Beat Up Your Politics
Podcasting since 2006. Providing historical context to today's politics. Knows a little about a lot.
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- Kent State 1970. Anymore, I will only post this photo blurred. Because I know too much (after researching my recent episode) about Jeffrey Miller (the victim) and Mary Ann Vecchio (shouting) to want to protect them some. Jeffrey was a young man who played drums and wanted peace...
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View full threadeven the 1990 monument some felt was a little light, seemed to give no agency to anyone for the killings. I am of mixed opinion, liking some minimalism.
- Minimalism like the Vietnam War Memorial allows visitor to add their thoughts. Done right, it can be greater than a statue of the fallen say. The school has pylons where the actual shots are.
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- My only slight pushback is I see almost any American town with a big company/factory in it probably being "owned" by that plant or company. Only few situations where mayor would not be handshake/backpat with that Ceo.
- It was indeed. I think the most horrific as I researched it, and the most applicable today is that Kent was no Columbia, it was a small state college with a small state-college protest. Admittedly, somebody, likely a single person torched an empty ROTC building and that set off a chain of events.
- But (here's where today comes in). Gov. Rhodes of Ohio, seeking a Senate seat, made it an issue, and as state commanders of Nat. Guard worked for him, the atmosphere was a high-wire act.
- My podcast details all this - including interviews with 2 students at Kent State May 4th, 1970 including one who took photos. Both feel strongly that the event is a lesson in constant vigilance and when needed, protest.
