Tuesday, May 4, is the 40th anniversary of the Kent State massacre. On that day the Ohio Army National Guard opened fire on Kent State University students protesting the war in Vietnam. When the shooting stopped, four students were dead and nine wounded.
College students had been protesting the war on campuses for years, but Kent State stopped all that. On that day the message was clear: Protest, no matter how well-behaved the protesters might be, would no longer be tolerated.
I think about Kent State as I see media reports of today's protesters. Many of them gripe and moan that their rights and liberties are being infringed. I wonder what they would think if National Guard troops showed up and opened fire. I wonder if they even know what happened just 40 years ago in Kent, Ohio.
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