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Riot cops line up next to a sign at University of Texas at Austin. (slrpnk.net)

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[–] HootinNHollerin 43 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

University of Texas at Austin. There were protests of the Vietnam war there and the university put giant planters into the west mall where the protests were to reduce their size. They’re still there today. They always felt a bit out of place then I learned the history