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Kyle Rittenhouse walks out of his speaking event after questioning from students (fxtwitter.com)

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[–] RampantParanoia2365 11 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Kent State, home of the infamous 60's protest where students were killed. Are you fucking joking?

[–] Subverb 10 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Interesting fact: Founding members of the band Devo, Jerry Casale and Mark Mothersbaugh, were art students at Kent State University when the May 4, 1970 shootings happened. It's a big part of why a lot of their early music was such angry, bizarre, art-punk.

It also explains their name. Devo is short for "de-evolution" the idea that society was devolving.

Casale said “All I can tell you is that it completely and utterly changed my life. I was a white hippie boy and then I saw exit wounds from M1 rifles out of the backs of two people I knew.” He added, “I stopped being a hippie and I started to develop the idea of devolution. I got real, real pissed off.”

[–] RampantParanoia2365 1 points 8 months ago

I did not know this interesting fact.

[–] deweydecibel 9 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I wish I was.

Because of the shooting, Kent State is frequently targeted for conservative bullshit like this.

Look up the "gun girl" march from a few years ago.

[–] RampantParanoia2365 2 points 8 months ago

I think if I were a student there today, I would burn down the Dean's office.