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minus-squareEphera@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·7 months agoNo, that’s not a generic speech to me. In that case, you’re motivating a specific political issue and trying to convince anyone who’s still on the fence. Contentious political issues have always been excluded from the ceremony speeches I attended.
minus-squaredelirious_owl@discuss.onlinelinkfedilinkarrow-up1arrow-down2·7 months agoWhy? That’s kinda their responsibility. Especially now, during a genocide. Anyone who was speaking at a graduation now and didn’t call for action against the war is failing miserablely
minus-squareAussiemandeus@aussie.zonelinkfedilinkarrow-up1·7 months agoYou’re right, what Russia is doing in Ukraine is tantamount to genocide
No, that’s not a generic speech to me. In that case, you’re motivating a specific political issue and trying to convince anyone who’s still on the fence. Contentious political issues have always been excluded from the ceremony speeches I attended.
Why? That’s kinda their responsibility. Especially now, during a genocide.
Anyone who was speaking at a graduation now and didn’t call for action against the war is failing miserablely
You’re right, what Russia is doing in Ukraine is tantamount to genocide
Ethnic cleansing*