Digby wrote a nice piece on the anniversary of the Kent State murders, though the piece she referenced by Jesse Kornbluth is actually worth the time and gives a little more detail.
Digby notes that Kent State is a lesson that though it's often long and painful, change does happen. In one of the few times I'll ever be more negative than she usually is, I think most of the change from that era has evaporated and I don't see it coming back anytime soon. If the second Depression wasn't enough to swing more Americans into our corner, I don't see it happening again. The only lesson from Kent State is that the U.S. military will always be forgiven even when they kill innocent Americans. And maybe that Americans were as dimwitted about the powers that control us as they are now--how 58% of Americans could conclude it was the student demonstrators fault when they were a hundred yards away and retreating is beyond me.
Kornbluth makes the comment that he doesn't believe another Kent State could happen because of the revolution in technology that makes news coverage instantaneous and ubiquitous. He's either naive or delusional. All one needs do is read the right-leaning comments posted after his piece and one could easily imagine it happening again, especially with regard to the Occupy Movement.
I was ten when Kent State occurred and really don't remember much about what people were saying when it happened. One could only imagine the field day on the right if it happened again--Limbaugh, Coulter, Savage, ad nauseum.
One great song a revolution does not make.
Peace,
emaycee
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