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Protesters walk out of graduation at Notre Dame

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The Cheesehusker, Trade Warrior

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May 21, 2017, 5:35:03 PM5/21/17
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Dear Notre Dame Grads and their Parents

I see that some of you, more than a trivial few, decided to virtue signal by walking out of your graduation as VP Pence came in to give the commencement address.

I suppose this is progress - you didn't start yelling or noise making or shouting epithets or otherwise signaling your "love" of free speech as you normal would.

But I'd ask you to consider how incredibly rude and disrespectful you were to all your fellow grads and their parents.

Perhaps one day, you'll understand it isn't all about you.

Good luck in the real world.

Signed

Everyone who has sat thru a graduation

Michael Press

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May 21, 2017, 6:46:20 PM5/21/17
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In article <3499222e-578b-4c70...@googlegroups.com>,
I blame the Second Vatican Council.

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Michael Press

GrtArtiste

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May 21, 2017, 7:05:57 PM5/21/17
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On 5/21/2017 6:46 PM, Michael Press wrote:

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> I blame the Second Vatican Council.
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Blaming two popes and multiple cardinals who have been dead 39 or more
years is kinda weak...IMHO.

GrtArtiste

Damon Hynes, Cyclone Ranger

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May 21, 2017, 7:31:05 PM5/21/17
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Seven words for these snowflakes: Yes, I would like fries with that.

J. Hugh Sullivan

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May 21, 2017, 7:52:50 PM5/21/17
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I think they have a right to express their feelings - and It shows
intelligence where the rioters who usurp the rights of others show no
signs of same.

How would you suggest they express their feelings?

The Catholic Church has been rimracked by liberals with queers and
abortions. The Church might decide the walkouts did not graduate
because they did not complete the procedure.

Hugh

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Michael Press

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May 21, 2017, 9:23:08 PM5/21/17
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In article <oft6a7$kaq$1...@dont-email.me>,
They are entirely blameworthy.
I expect more from a private religious university.
The Roman Catholic Church had a good thing going.
Now they might as well hang a Unitarian sign out front.

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Michael Press

xyzzy

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May 22, 2017, 11:13:19 AM5/22/17
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I resemble that remark.

Futbol Phan

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May 22, 2017, 12:15:49 PM5/22/17
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On Sunday, May 21, 2017 at 4:35:03 PM UTC-5, The Cheesehusker, Trade Warrior wrote:
Wasn't disruptive at all, didn't delay the proceedings. I think they demonstrated in the least disrespectful way possible.

My commencement feature then-VP Gerald Ford coming back to his alma mater. It should have been a triumphant time for him, returning to campus as VPOTUS. Unfortunately he chose that venue for making his first public statements in support of Nixon; he indicted that while the truth would come out, there wasn't much to see with this whole Watergate thing-- it's just 'public opinion' creation that we shouldn't think represents truth. Well all hell broke loose at that point, with many students jumping up, shouting and leaving. Fights broke out in the aisles of Crisler Arena between students and parents of other students. The booing was so loud it drowned out the words Ford was saying.

Now that is what rude and disrespectful is. Of course I thought it was rude and disrespectful for Ford to make a political statement at my graduation...

The Cheesehusker, Trade Warrior

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May 22, 2017, 12:25:40 PM5/22/17
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Sen Amy Klobuchar was the speaker at my daughter's graduation. She used the occasion to speak more than a bit politically - naming Trump specifically - as part of her overall speech. Got a few cheers too - to no great surprise given the SPLAC the cheesedaughter attended.

I didn't feel the need to walk out. Sure, I'm not a Trumpkin, but I still bummed about some of her remarks. But it wasn't about me - it was about the kids graduating.

Maybe I'm the only curmudgeon bothered by this - fuck it, I'm running with it. Time and place for everything.

xyzzy

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May 22, 2017, 1:44:17 PM5/22/17
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At my college graduation the speaker was the governor of the state, who used the occasion to inform the schools Board of Visitors that heads would roll if they didn't make some changes he wanted.

Or so I heard. We were too busy partying to really listen.

agavi...@gmail.com

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May 22, 2017, 3:56:23 PM5/22/17
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Assuming there was a speaker, the last graduation speech I heard was kindergarten.

Ken Olson

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May 22, 2017, 8:07:55 PM5/22/17
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I don't know who the speaker was at my commencement. I had more
important things to do than attend. Not partying, either.

unclejr

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May 23, 2017, 9:26:30 AM5/23/17
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Mine was Lee Iacocca. I don't remember a goddamn thing that he said.

J. Hugh Sullivan

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May 23, 2017, 9:58:38 AM5/23/17
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On Sun, 21 May 2017 14:34:59 -0700 (PDT), "The Cheesehusker, Trade
Warrior" <iamtj...@gmail.com> wrote:

I graduated several months before the end of my 4th year and was
teaching high school. I suppose the others graduated - I was not
there.
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