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...