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But when I asked why he still comes when it dredges such painful memories, "Because I have to."
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Turns out the guy was Chuck Ayers, a nationally recognized cartoonist and creator of Crankshaft. He had a lot to say but the thing that struck me was that when he talked about whats going on now, I could see he was holding back emotion. All this still hurts him to see 55 (!!) years later.
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Seeing is Kent State Alum gear and his white beard I thought he might have been there when National Guard troops shot and killed 4 college students protesting America's involvement in the vietnam war. I chased after him to ask some questions.
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Yeah. Pretty sure he was managing a 7-11. Somewhere it showed him managing another gas station. Somewhere after 2019 things seem to have gone badly career wise
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Not sure if you saw this but I have pretty good idea of how he got a look alike police vehicle www.pguards.net/services
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a protest I attended told us to take our masks off and I just put it back on as I went into the crowd, as did many of my colleagues with me. Kill the people-pleaser/rule-follower in you and keep on masking
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The symbolism is rich, robust, and deeply un-American. <end>
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And it ends at the White House not the Capitol. Symbolically it the route is troops called from the Barracks/General Staff to render obeisance to the King, while demonstrating how the King can call in troops to awe the cities. 9/
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The parade today by contrast moves west to east, outside to in. It starts at the Pentagon not Arlington National Cemetary. It follows the symbolic route of troops entering to quell or occupy the city, not leaving with love and thanks. 8/
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But the symbolizing is always that having called on and drawn a military from the Citizenry, the nation is returning the servicememebers to the citizenry, or sending them to rest, with its thanks. 7/
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And that (on the mourning route) we proceed from the people's thanks in their Hall past places of memory to places of eternal rest and thanks. 6/
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Among them: the military arises from the citizenry and serves the citizenry, that the citizens are thanking and welcoming the Army back to home and civic life (symbolically and often practically, these are demobilizing parades), 5/
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The Gulf War victory parade followed the mourning route, a break with tradition. But it still began symbolically at the seat of the People's branch of government and moved outward. Symbolically, this encodes many mutually reinforcing meetings. 4/
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Much more somber were the interment marches for the remains of Unknowns from WW1, 2, Korea and Vietnam. These began with the Unknown lying in state in the Capitol rotunda, moved down Constitution zace along the Mall, and over the Memorial Bridge to Arling Cemetary on the hill to the west. 3/
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The first mass parade, celebrating Union Victory in the Civil War, followed the Inaugural procession route outwards down Pennsylvania Ave. WW1 and WW2 victory parades followed the same route. 2/