Back in 1970 I led a protest at GHS against the killings at Kent State; I probably should have taken up an ammunition collection for the National Guard instead
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stop me before i breed again!
KSU Covid Safety Coalition, a student-led organization at Kent State University, held a virtual “die-in” protest Tuesday to pressure the school administration to adopt stricter COVID-19 guidelines.
Natalia Cruz, a third-year student at Kent State, spoke first about the “sorry excuse of a response and plan in regards [sic] to the COVID 19 pandemic.”
Oh, dear. Such callous treatment. Why isn’t there anyone to care for her in this year of cholera, to give her the love she so deserves? Natalia’s espied the reason:
“In reality, we as students should not have to be here today, demanding that our school care about us. But alas, we live in a capitalistic society,”
I’ll bet you guessed that was coming, didn’t you?
But there’s more, of course: Why are members of the flock being allowed to roam freely, the watchful eye of their shepherd? These children demand to know!
“I’m here because it is not fair that the rest of us have to worry about staying safe when we have all done our part,” one student participant said. “The unvaccinated get to roam the university consequence free when at first we were told it was REQUIRED!”
Hmmm. Okay, so far, so good, but where are the gays? Ooopa! Here’s one now, checking in.
Lauren Vachon, assistant professor of LGBTQ studies at the university, [of course] spoke about the history of die-in protests, referring to action taken during the HIV/AIDS epidemic by the activist organization ACT UP.
“ACT UP activists used radical activist tactics,” Vachon explained, and cited shutting down the New York Stock Exchange, disrupting World Health Organization summits, and storming the National Institutes of Health as actions taken by the group.
“Radical, activist tactics”, eh? Yeah, we’re down with that.
Participants then posted photographs of their die-in, in which they simulate being dead, and used the hashtags #FlashesTakeCareOfFlashes, #DeadAndDisabledByKentState, and #StudentSafeSix.
Down, but not too far. Baby, it’s cold out there.
Organizers originally planned to hold the die-in on the "K," the university quad but made the event remote due to inclement weather.
Hahahahaha
But they’re not going to stop at just taking selfies of themselves cuddling on their nappy mats, they’re going to — wait for it — send angry emails!
The coalition still intends to flood university administration officials' inboxes after Tuesday's event.
More? Well sure, there’s the science! It’s all about the science! Even when it isn’t.
The coalition's petition, which has amassed over 1,000 signatures, asserts that its claims are supported by the “most up-to-date scientific information about the Omicron variant and statements from the Kent City Health Department.”
Who’s safer from the dreaded China Flu than a well-fed, double-vaccinated and boosted college student? Science says, no one, but Natalie and her friends have their own, personal truths, and if they believe it with all their heart and their feelings who are we to deny them? Lock us all up! Or down.
