Nonviolent Protesting

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Originally Posted by Sempu

What those students at UC Davis did made me very proud. I'm referring to the silent stare treatment. That was incredibly powerful, much more so than any amount of shouting or sign waving. I've been waiting years for students to demonstrate that they can protest like they used to, and it has finally happened. That's the kind of action that gets change. It worked for Gandhi, it worked in Selma. Way to go, people.

Originally Posted by Moco Loco

No action at all? IMO it makes it easier for people to walk all over you, or directly past you

In all seriousness, that was a little too passive and peaceful for my liking.

Sorry Moco, but I'm with Sempu on this one. Had everyone been yelling, screaming, trying to get in Linda Katehi's face, etc. it would have been way too easy for the media (well, Fox News at least) to put down this protest as yet another case of deranged hippies needing to be silenced with pepper spray sorry, FOOD PRODUCT and just leave it there. And everyone was actually being very active in maintaining their silence and making sure that the only audible noise was Katehi's footsteps - a microcosm of the fact that anything that's done by administrators at UC Davis today now echoes over the world, for better or for worse. I'm really glad this protest happened the way it did. I've never put myself out in public protests much but I wish I had been there for this one. A friend of mine was, and I'm damn proud for him.