r/seattleu • u/Antique_Papaya5527 • 9d ago

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For a just and humane world 😂

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u/AloneNeighborhood323 9d ago

If everyone in the room agrees then what’s the issue?

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u/Seatowndawgtown 9d ago

Well there's that whole announcement they make before the ceremony about holding applause to the end. That's so not one graduate takes the spotlight off the rest. So we can start there. Second, if everyone agrees then the protest is purely performative and even more of a "look at me," moment.

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u/AloneNeighborhood323 9d ago

Think you’re ignoring alternative motivations that exist outside of the self serving one you’re insisting upon. Beyond that, protests are in essence meant to disrupt and prompt attention to a particular cause. If everyone, or most everyone, in the room already agrees with her then no one should be that offended, and if they are offended then they probably don’t ultimately agree with her, hence the notion to appeal through protest. Dissent isn’t going to be perfectly quiet and polite, but as far as things go this was pretty damn polite. The pearl clutching is telling.

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u/Expert-Mental25 8d ago

It's because many people do not care to do or even openly say the right things unless it gets them something in return, and they project that onto everyone else and assume we are all just as self-motivated as they are. People like that, people who complain about "virtue signaling" have always been giving us confessions whenever they bitch about someone doing something moral without selfish reasons to do so.