[AEMILIUS PAULUS]

I know that at the time of the Kent state shooting I hoped that it indicated that the government(which we still respected) had finally learned to deal with "protestors." I had long believed, and still believe, that the troops should read the protestors the "Riot Act" and if the "protestors" refuse to disperse and go home then shoot them down without restraint.

I am surprised that nobody ever notices that "protests" of whatever nature or extent are never really "peaceful" They inevitably become a riot.) (Look at Seattle's recent Commie Day celebration.)

[don-o]

read the protestors the "Riot Act" and if the "protestors" refuse to disperse and go home then shoot them down without restraint.

Seig heil!!!

[dfwgator]

Because the Left employed the tactics the Bolsheviks used in 1917, always place plenty of “agent provocateurs” into the crowds.

[Forgotten Amendments]

... I had long believed, and still believe, that the troops should read the protestors the "Riot Act" and if the "protestors" refuse to disperse and go home then shoot them down without restraint.

Well, you got the country you wished for, Comrade.

[wideminded]

I know that at the time of the Kent state shooting I hoped that it indicated that the government(which we still respected) had finally learned to deal with "protestors." I had long believed, and still believe, that the troops should read the protestors the "Riot Act" and if the "protestors" refuse to disperse and go home then shoot them down without restraint.

[BerryDingle]

I am surprised that nobody ever notices that "protests" of whatever nature or extent are never really "peaceful" They inevitably become a riot.) (Look at Seattle's recent Commie Day celebration.)

The very nature of protests are to incite violence. When Arab Spring broke out in Cairo, small "How To Protest" booklets were found scattered around detailing burning effigies, burning flags, trespass, throw gas canisters back, etc. Someone very familiar with anti-Vietnam tactics obviously wrote the booklets in nursery school Arabic. Now compare the "naughty kids" in Cairo with the Benghazi attack.

[5th MEB]

You lock and load only after the rioters have fired the first shots for the record; your body armor should protect you from their less than adequate armament, at least at that time.
A much more effective methodology is to give the commands “COMPANY; FIX BAYONETS, PRESENT, AT THE SLOW TIME, FORWARD MARCH”. Trust me this works, it’s the method we used at San Onofre in 1970. The mob will start to move as soon as you make contact (the ones in the front don’t seem to like their position), other than a few relatively minor injuries (accidental I assure you) you can break their will in about 15 minutes.
Nothing motivates an idiot more than being at the sharp end of the spear. It’s beautiful to behold.

[WVNan]

nobody ever notices that "protests" of whatever nature or extent are never really "peaceful"

That depends. I think we have collectively witnessed millions of Tea Party protestors gathering and not one single person arrested for acting in any sort of lawlessness. Maybe that's why nobody pays any attention to our protests.

[ansel12]

I had long believed, and still believe, that the troops should read the protestors the "Riot Act" and if the "protestors" refuse to disperse and go home then shoot them down without restraint.

America has deteriorated a lot, but hopefully we will never sink to getting a leader who thinks like you.

[uncommonsense]

"I had long believed, and still believe, that the troops should read the protestors the "Riot Act" and if the "protestors" refuse to disperse and go home then shoot them down without restraint."

Reading your In-Forum posts, I don't believe you meant to say that it's OK to gun down Americans who disagree with the policies of the incumbent administration. I hope...

[truth_seeker]

“I had long believed, and still believe, that the troops should read the protestors the “Riot Act” and if the “protestors” refuse to disperse and go home then shoot them down without restraint.”

So comrade, with you about half of the Bill of
Rights is out the window?

I was serving in the US Army in Germany during May 1970, and planned to return to being a student the next year.

IOW I wasn’t on any side. Just a citizen. A citizen that remembered the Chicago PD bashing heads during the Chicago 1968 Democratic Convention. And now two years later more heads being bashed, and shooting them on a campus.

Not anything our nation can be proud of. Fortunately most Americans were repulsed about shooting citizens in the streets.