Jane Fonda at the request of the president of Kent State is inviting Jane Fonda, also known by those who still hold her in contempt for her traitorous activities during the Vietnam war as “Hanoi Jane” to speak at Kent State for the 50th anniversary of the shooting of the 4 students that took place during protests in 1970. What is more, is that she is going to be paid $83K for her appearance and to give a speech. The reason this is upsetting to a lot of people, is because many vets who are now in their 60’s and 70’s that served in that theater are now having to deal with having salt being poured into wounds to which memories of coming home from that terrible conflict of being to which they were treated pretty horribly by our own people is memories being forced to relive again. The invitation of Jane Fonda as a paid speaker is an insult to honorable vets who in most cases were only doing what was required of them at the time of this war and served. They don’t deserve the spectacle of Jane Fonda again to remind them what a traitor she is and was. Some memories are best forgotten!
This has led Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRosa to speak out in opposition of this announcement by the President of Kent State College:
Ohio Secretary of State Frank LaRose, a Republican and veteran, is not having it.
The 50th anniversary of one of Ohio’s darkest days has the potential to serve as a moment of unity, understanding & healing in a nation that is deeply divided," LaRose wrote in a Facebook post on Sunday. “However, Kent State’s decision to pay Jane Fonda $83,000 to speak at their commemoration event does the very opposite.”
LaRose, who served in the 101st Airborn Division and later as a Green Beret, earning a Bronze Star for his service in Iraq, observed that American service members returning from Vietnam “deserved a much better reception than the one they received. They weren’t the politicians who chose which battle to fight – they were the soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines sent into the battle. And we should say one thing to them: Welcome Home.”
But that wasn’t all. While LaRose says he understands that people can disagree on policy issues, especially matters of war, “What’s not ok is providing aid and comfort to the enemy and willfully serving as a propaganda tool for those engaged in hostilities against the United States.”
And Ms. Fonda did that – the very definition of treason," he added.
LaRose noted on Twitter that he supports free speech, but the university should not be paying her tens of thousands of dollars for the privilege.
Not for this solemn anniversary and not for $83k that could be better used," LaRose wrote in a Facebook comment. “She can come to any college voluntarily (as I do frequently) and speak to a class.”
Kent State spokesman Eric Mansfield defended the decision in a statement saying the commemoration advisory committee “developed three pillars that guided the planning: honoring and remembering those killed and wounded; educating about May 4, 1970, and the dangers of polarizing rhetoric and divisive discourse; and above all, inspiring current and future students to be leaders in peaceful conflict resolution and reconciliation.”
(That “polarizing rhetoric” bit is aimed at Trump supporters and homophobes, no doubt, not aging commies.)
For those who were strung-out on LSD (or not old enough to remember the '70s), Fonda came under fire for allowing herself to be used as a propaganda tool during a visit to North Vietnam in 1972, mugging for cameras on top of a Vietnamese anti-aircraft gun, a stunt that earned her the nickname “Hanoi Jane.”
https://twitter.com/FrankLaRose/status/1229859069659406341?s=20
