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#Wikipedia: " 'Tin soldiers and Nixon coming' refers to the #KentState shootings, where Ohio #NationalGuard officers shot and killed four students during a #protest against the #VietnamWar. Crosby once stated that Young keeping #Nixon's name in the lyrics was 'the bravest thing I ever heard.' "

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ohio_(Crosby,_Stills,_Nash_%26_Young_song)

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Ohio

"Tin soldiers and Nixon's comin'
We're finally on our own
This summer I hear the drummin'
Four dead in Ohio

Gotta get down to it
Soldiers are gunning us down
Should have been done long ago
What if you knew her and
Found her dead on the ground?
How can you run when you know?

Na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na
Na-na-na-na, na-na-na
Na-na-na-na, na-na-na-na
Na-na-na-na, na-na-na

Gotta get down to it
Soldiers are cutting us down
Should have been done long ago
What if you knew her and
Found her dead on the ground?
How can you run when you know?

Tin soldiers and Nixon's comin'
We're finally on our own
This summer I hear the drummin'
Four dead in Ohio"

- #NeilYoung, 1970

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxl9R_2ax-8

#KentStateMassacre #NationalGuard #FridayNightMusicVideos #KentStateShooting #AntiWar #Protests #FridayNightJukebox #FridayNightMusic

@spiegelmama

#USHistoryRevisited
#KentStateShooting by #OhioNationalGuard

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...where law enforcement officials have issued a caution to their troops to be careful because 👉"we don't want another Kent State..."👈

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Do read the whole article:

https://www.kent.edu/may-4-historical-accuracy

@spiegelmama

#USHistoryRevisited
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...should be remembered in order that we can learn from the mistakes of the past. 👉The #Guardsmen in their signed statement at the end of the civil trials recognized that better ways have to be found to deal with these types of confrontations.👈 This has probably already occurred in numerous situations...

@spiegelmama

#USHistoryRevisited
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...The Ends of Power, Haldeman (1978) states that 👉the shootings at #KentState began the slide into #Watergate, eventually destroying the #Nixon administration.👈
Beyond the direct effects of the May 4, 👉the shootings have certainly come to symbolize the deep political and social divisions that so sharply divided the country during the #VietnamWar era."👈

"... most importantly, May 4 at #KentState...

@spiegelmama

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...back then--in contrast to June, 2026--it even was a legal deployment if the #Ohio #NationalGuard 💂, requested by #Kent #MayorSatrom.

Even so, it seems to have proven to be the first stone in the avalanche that was to shatter the #Nixon Administration:

"H. R. #Haldeman, a top aide to President #RichardNixon, suggests the shootings had a direct impact on national politics. In...

@spiegelmama

#USHistoryRevisited
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Thanks for sharing this excellent article on the #KentStateShooting on May 4, 1970.🙏

#History does not go around in circles, but it certainly provides spiraling fractal dynamics:

All members of the #tRump Administration should pay heed to what transpired after the killing of 4 and the wounding of 9 by the #NationalGuard at #KentStateUniversity.

Back then, it was unprecedented;...

https://www.kent.edu/may-4-historical-accuracy

As we come up to the 54th anniversary of #KentStateShooting, this song comes to mind:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CY0GqJ-Bjc0

Lets please not repeat history.

Brian VanDeMark: The grim history of using troops against student protesters

"House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and Republican Sens. Tom Cotton (Ark.) and Josh Hawley (Mo.) are among the conservative leaders suggesting that the National Guard might be needed to control campus protests across the country against Israel’s war in Gaza. Such calls stir memories of the tragedy 54 years ago at Kent State University in northeastern Ohio."

#giftarticle #FirstAmendment #freespeech #KentStateUniversity #KentStateShooting #protest
https://wapo.st/4aTbzkX

Why are #USA #government officials hellbent to repeat #KentStateShooting? It was May 4th, #1970.

Star Wars is cool and all but you know what is a lot cooler? Acknowledging past crimes by a criminal organization so we can evolve past archaic archetypes of the past that only serve a small segment of society while claiming the legal right to initiate violence on peaceful people.

Learn More: https://thefreethoughtproject.com/kent-state-school-shooting/

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