Inconsiderate clods to protest my graduation
I saw some new signs in the dorms today. They say “Protest Bush” and have a couple of URL’s. I think this one is the one to look at:
http://www.oklahomansfordemocracy.org/
Well, I have a problem with this. I may be a conservative, but that doesn’t have anything to do with the problem I have. The problem I have isn’t that they want to protest the President. The problem I have is that they want to protest a graduation. Now, their site says:
This is not an effort to disrupt or disturb the commencement or graduation (graduation is being held later in the day seperate from commencement). This is an effort to express our concerns in a peaceful fashion without causing a major disruption in the events. This is not an effort to affect the ceremony inside as that belong to the graduates. There is a group of concerned graduates that has formed which can be found here: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ostategradprotest. The graduate group is not associated with this protest.
Well, phooey on that. They time they are doing it is from 8am to 12pm and on campus just across the way from the stadium. It’s before during and after the commencement portion of the graduation. That’s protesting a graduation. I don’t care how they want to put it, that’s protesting a graduation. That’s protesting my graduation. If they want to protest a political event, fine. If they want to protest a meet and greet, fine. Protesting a graduation is not fine. If the President was going to be at a wedding, would it be okay to protest the wedding? NO! Just because they can do something doesn’t mean they should.
I don’t know. I just rubs me wrong that they’d protest a graduation. If Hillary is elected in 2008 and she gives a speech at a graduation in my area. I wouldn’t even think of protesting that. If Carter were giving this speech (and were still a sitting President), I would be lining up to hear him speak. It doesn’t matter to me that I don’t agree with their politics. Being there and hearing what they say without having the media be the intermediary is a special thing. We should all hope to be in the presense of our leaders at least once. Not because they are better than us. Not because they are powerful, but because what they do affects the world. We need to evaluate them on personal experiences and not just what we read/hear/see in the media. Okay, rant mode off. I’m just frustrated to see all this talk of protest on what should be a happy day.
