@QasimRashid How is that democracy? When a small group...

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@QasimRashid How is that democracy? When a small group demands policy changes and stages a sit-in to get it? Negotiating, yes, democracy no.

Like 2 May at 3:43 | Wall-to-wall | Open on mastodon.social

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Alper

@lhookham @QasimRashid
- that small group (students and faculty) is not as small as the board of trustees that decide everything
- vote is not a decision. It's a choice. They may or may not go with the results anyway.
Your point?

2 May at 4:25 | Open on sfba.social

Lynda H

@alper @QasimRashid Simply that this is not an example of “democracy at work.”

2 May at 4:44 | Open on mastodon.social

Alper

@lhookham @QasimRashid
That's exactly what democracy is. How do you expect a change otherwise? Can you walk me through the process?

2 May at 4:57 | Open on sfba.social

Lynda H

@alper @QasimRashid
You support the protesters so you see it as right/democratic. I see a small group of souls applying pressure for a policy change which may not representative of the majority of students/ faculty. The University negotiated an end to the protest. That is good work on both their parts.
The fact that the students/protesters voiced their opinion is democratic. But the process where a small group try to coerce a policy change is, not IMHO, “ democracy at work”.

2 May at 5:12 | Open on mastodon.social

Alper

@lhookham @QasimRashid small groups are people, too. And that's how they are heard when they are ignored. If they were wealthy/powerful they'd be "peacefully" lobbying by buying judges and Congress members. You sound like a privileged minority who doesn't know what being ignored is like.

2 May at 5:41 | Open on sfba.social

lizzzzard

@lhookham @QasimRashid they didn't "get it", they get to vote on it.

2 May at 5:53 | Open on social.tchncs.de

Martha

@lizzard @lhookham @QasimRashid
Whatever school that person went to, they didn't teach reading comprehension.

2 May at 7:41 | Open on epicure.social