Are you hippies still blaming Nixon for that?

Move on.

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On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 6:32 PM, Maureen <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I did a bit of anti-war and civil rights protesting back in the day.
> The protests were a lot of fun until the cops showed up with the tear
> gas.  All of the fun stopped when Kent State happened.   Nixon
> seriously hated the anti-war movement, and sic'd his goons on it in
> full  force.   After that, whatever protests we did happened in a
> atmosphere of fear - who would kill us next?
>
> Still I think non-violent protest has a deep and abiding place in our
> political structure, and if you read the works of Gandhi and Martin
> Luther King the purpose becomes clear.  Even the Boston Tea Party,
> which so many claim to emulate today, was a version of protest.
>
> We as a people must be allowed to gather and speak our views.  Must Be
> Allowed.  There is perhaps no more productive use of our t

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