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5. My memory of the time is a bit fuzzy and I was just a teenager, with my own issues.
Mon Oct 6, 2025, 09:54 AM
17 hrs ago

From what I remember, most reporting blamed the protesters for inciting a riot because they threw rocks at the advancing guard troops trying to clear the quad. I clearly remember adults at the time saying the students "got what the deserved" for opposing the government. At that time, most people in America still trusted the government, even Nixon. Kent State helped erode that trust.

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