What's your opinion on Notre Dame graduates walking out when VP Pence spoke at their graduation? Were they disrespectful or standing up for what they believe in?

Wow, in all of that, you still dodged the question. I've posted the same question, repeatedly, that you cannot or will not answer. You instead responded with a bluster of frustration and ad hominem attacks.

they were walking before he was even talking. That is disrespect.

So in your world, these students were incapable of an informed opinion on a man who has been in the public spotlight longer than they have been alive, including the last year in the national spotlight? Well, that’s silly.

And yet, you have an opinion on the man…

trump and pence suck dick

Did you listen to VP Pence’s commencement address? (You didn’t.) So how do you know that he sucks dick? Why are you allowed to form a preexisting opinion on the man, but these students are not?

You’re a lazy hypocrite.

VP Pence is a known commodity, as you eloquently stated by noting that he and President Trump “suck dick.” Now, if these students had never heard of him, then you would have a point. But he’s the Vice President. It’s illogical to say they didn’t know exactly what he stands for. You do. So do they.

my opinion is wholly objective.

You keep using that word, but I don’t think you know what it means. The word you’re looking for is “subjective.”

You learn to respect everyone, even when your opinions drastically differ from theirs; and that is what true maturity is about.

That’s some Tumblr-level sophomoric bullshit. It also, again, assumes that these students are somehow magically unaware of the political opinions of the Vice President of the United States.

Since you refuse to answer my questions, I’ll do one for you. You know why I don’t need to attend a Klan rally? Because I know what they stand for. I have heard their arguments and found them wanting. So no, I never need to sit and hear a Klansman give a speech on racial purity. I will walk out every. single. time.

Now, would you stay and listen to a speech on racial purity from the Klan?

I fully support the Klan's right to be wrong. They can be as dumb as they want. But they are not owed an audience.

Walking out of commencement took courage. Because these students will forever be judged by people like you, which is the overwhelming portion of their conservative graduating class. But they choose to do something meaningful. They quietly rose and peacefully walked out, causing little disruption. Had they yelled, shouted, tried to disrupt the ceremony in any way, I would chastise such behavior. But they didn’t do that. Not a single parent or graduate who wanted to hear VP Pence was prevented from doing so. These students acted with class and integrity.

And 30 years from now, they will hold their heads high, because they chose not to be complicit. Their act was far more meaningful than sitting for a speech.

If you can leave this be and let it go, then I will be inclined to believe that you are actually mature

Translation: I want the last word.

Why are you so frightened of a conversation that challenges you?

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