Student response to UCDavis Chancellor after Occupy abuse (video)

[Richard]

I said spooky, because it was fear invoking for the lady walking.

She was asked if she felt threatened and she said no.

Who wants to be in that position she was in? I know I don't.

You're essentially asking "Who wants to confront their shame?" Of course it's uncomfortable to own up to such actions. It would be natural not want to feel uncomfortable. We've all done things we aren't proud of and we inevitably have to own up to it.


Where is the aggressive in the passive aggressive? The students are expressing their disapproval of her unnecessary call for force to restrict their freedom of peaceful expression. Would you prefer that they thank her for giving the command which led the police to brutalize other students, or perhaps simply ignore the brutality? Would you feel more comfortable if they were shouting at her?

Its never that cut and dried in situations like this. You're watching a video and drawing conclusions based on your own biases. Were all the police brutal? We're all her actions self serving? Was there love in every action and thought of every student?

Or were they taking great satisfaction in causing someone fear or shame? Or was the woman in question, taking joy that the situation got out of hand and she had be brutal..or was she saddened that things go to this point, but felt the need to put on a face for the press and the world?

The whole situation appears to be a mish-mash of human emotion and action. Something that got out of hand by individuals making a personal decision and the blame falls on someone who issued orders that were mis-interpreted.

But who must shoulder the blame because thats the way humans seem to be wired. There is a lot of judgment on both sides being thrown around.

So mnay gray areas....

Richard