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I have to admit I really do not care if anyone walks out on a speaker, no matter who that speaker is. That is their right being that we live in a free country and all. I wouldn't call this fake news, but rather lazy news or inconsequential news.
I agree with OP. These kids believe they are more important to get their 5 min of fame by making a statement. Hopefully their faces are fully seen on what is the forever internet and any employer is free to hire or deny to hire a person based on social media and what the persons actions are as that has nothing to do with race, religion or sexual preference.
I'm a pretty non-confrontational person so I would probably never walk out on anyone; however, I get what this is about. Notre Dame is a Catholic University and the students don't feel that this administration (and Pence) are reflecting Catholic values.
What happened to tolerance, patience and respect?
Like him or not he is still the VP of the United States and it certainly was their right to walk out but one would think that after 4+ years of higher learning that those students would have learned something beyond throwing a tantrum like a child that doesn't like the game that is being played so they leave.
Listening to A right wing radio show a mom called in to chat and she told a story about her very conservative daughter that went to a very liberal university where Elizabeth Warren gave a commencement speech. Did this young woman get up and walk out? No she stayed in her chair and held her nose but she gave Warren the respect that should be forwarded to anyone that is taking the time to make a speech at the ceremony.
I think it is totally ridiculous that those kids walked out on Pence. I wonder if when they enter the work force and their boss tells them something they do not like if they will walk off the job and seek out a safe space?
What a bunch of rude brats to walk out and not even be able to listen to what may be an opposing view. So much for debate in higher learning.
Apples and oranges. For one thing, employees are being compensated. It's a different relationship. Also, a commencement address is not part of the learning process. Had they walked out on a lecture during class time, I have no doubt their grades would have reflected that, but they didn't.
They didn't make a scene, they didn't jeer or disrupt the speech. They just left. I hardly call that throwing a tantrum. If you had paid good money to go to a film, and found you didn't like it, would you consider it disrespectful to leave?
A quiet demonstration and exercise of their First Amendment rights and you call them rude brats ... yet you also whine about the "fringe left" and the "violence" ad nauseum ...
So you're basically saying we should all just sit down, shut up and let your Fuhrer do whatever he wants, is that it?
Typical.
Don't be silly.
Those kids have the right to walk out but they are rude brats.
When have I whined about the fringe left and the violence?? Are you saying that you condone violence? DO you approve of the idiots that turn a peaceful protest/march into a looting mob? perhaps you do since they are sending a message.
It is not about sitting still and having a puppet of the Fuhrer bark at you. it is about respect.
These kids have little minds that are shut down to anything outside their comfort zone. What exactly did they learn in college. I know when I went my mind was opened to all kinds of ideas and I graduated a better student of the world.
I'm no fan of Obama, Hillary, Warren but if I had a chance to shake their hand or to hear them speak I would not turn my back on them. I would probably disagree but I would listen and possibly learn something.
The kids that walked out closed their minds to learning and showed just how ignorant they are.
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Don't be silly.
Those kids have the right to walk out but they are rude brats.
When have I whined about the fringe left and the violence?? Are you saying that you condone violence? DO you approve of the idiots that turn a peaceful protest/march into a looting mob? perhaps you do since they are sending a message.
It is not about sitting still and having a puppet of the Fuhrer bark at you. it is about respect.
These kids have little minds that are shut down to anything outside their comfort zone. What exactly did they learn in college. I know when I went my mind was opened to all kinds of ideas and I graduated a better student of the world.
I'm no fan of Obama, Hillary, Warren but if I had a chance to shake their hand or to hear them speak I would not turn my back on them. I would probably disagree but I would listen and possibly learn something.
The kids that walked out closed their minds to learning and showed just how ignorant they are.
His point is that its a no win situation with you.
You claim you would be fine with peaceful protest, but when it happens, you label them as brats as you are now.
As for that point, I think post like yours would have more validity if you said the same things when we here about liberal speakers getting booed or people walking out ad protesting them.
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