I was 16, and very aware of international issues when Kent State happened. Brothers of my rural high school peers were coming home in boxes for reasons that the parochial administrators couldn’t quite explain or justify.
One very important fact is that when the truth of that war came to light (media courage) people realized that the demonstrators were right, all along. And came to demand an end to the carnage as well. I organized something at my school, necessitating going before the school board and quoting the bible right back at them. (But I still wasn’t allowed to take physics…)
It’s replaying today, with the vilification of people who simply object to children with bullets in their heads. They are not wrong and history will vindicate those who survive the abuse.
I also just remember that every dollar I spend is a kind of vote, and that often has more effect than governmental contests. A boycott can be very effective when it’s public.
“I cannot in good conscience buy this book from your store because part of the money will go to your state, which is forcing a certain religious opinion on everyone in the state. I look forward to when this unconstitutional merger of church and state is revoked and we can do business again.”
Yes, agency equals personal power. The past 4 days I’ve become more calm about the whisperings of spirit guides who are saying this race isn’t over. Vote manipulation by Musk, Trump, Vance, et al vis a vis Starlink will emerge. Handcuffs are coming. Goodness will win.
I was 16, and very aware of international issues when Kent State happened. Brothers of my rural high school peers were coming home in boxes for reasons that the parochial administrators couldn’t quite explain or justify.
One very important fact is that when the truth of that war came to light (media courage) people realized that the demonstrators were right, all along. And came to demand an end to the carnage as well. I organized something at my school, necessitating going before the school board and quoting the bible right back at them. (But I still wasn’t allowed to take physics…)
It’s replaying today, with the vilification of people who simply object to children with bullets in their heads. They are not wrong and history will vindicate those who survive the abuse.
I also just remember that every dollar I spend is a kind of vote, and that often has more effect than governmental contests. A boycott can be very effective when it’s public.
“I cannot in good conscience buy this book from your store because part of the money will go to your state, which is forcing a certain religious opinion on everyone in the state. I look forward to when this unconstitutional merger of church and state is revoked and we can do business again.”
Shame the list is growing.
Yes, agency equals personal power. The past 4 days I’ve become more calm about the whisperings of spirit guides who are saying this race isn’t over. Vote manipulation by Musk, Trump, Vance, et al vis a vis Starlink will emerge. Handcuffs are coming. Goodness will win.